I dread what will happen to me during winters...

Tsering Palzon, an 80 year old woman of Choglamsar Village in Leh district. Photo Courtesy: Oxfam India

Tsering Palzon, an 80 year old woman of Choglamsar Village in Leh district says: “I lost everything I had so painfully and laboriously collected all my life. I do not know where to go and I  am worried about the winter which is very harsh here in Leh.

A majority of people died while asleep and scores of people were washed away when they tried to escape from the Leh-Ladakh floods. Hundreds are believed to be buried in 7 to 8 feet of slush and mud. Approximately 4,000 households (20,000 men, women and children) have been affected by the flash floods (directly and indirectly). The old town of Leh is the worst affected bringing the lives of hundreds to destitution. The government and the army have set up few relief camps but people still do not have access to safe appropriate water, hygienic sanitation and proper shelter.  

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