Rebuilding of Behrampada

Rebuilding of Behrampada, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Memories of the fire still prevail , some of the houses that came under of the fury of the disastrous fire are still there reminding man of his mortality , the children run about on the heaps of mound playing blissfully , it is their mothers that pierece your soul with haunting accusing eyes.

A woman screamed out at me to come and shoot her house , her plight , they thought I was a foreigner , and would help them too..

I was shooting this with an escort given to me by Ilyas Bhai , otherwise people get aggravated seeing you shooting their loss and misery , rightfully so.

I know everybody is trying to do something to alleviate the plight of these homeless people, I spoke to Shabbir Shaikh Saab the Municipal Corporator of Behrampada , representing the Samajwadi Party, he is hopeful that most of the homeless will have new quarters latest by this Idd.

People who live now on footpaths , at the mercy of the rains , swine flu , see a a glimmer of hope and I spoke to a few of the houseless , they were all praise for the aid agencies and above all they trust Shabbir Shaikh Saab their young dynamic leader for all he has done for them...