Shankar Pasi, 25, a labourer from the Siwan district of Bihar is among hundreds of migrant labourers who either have chosen to stay or have not been able to leave amid the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir valley. Many people, like Pasi, have been left entirely dependent on the relief being distributed by local youth to locals as well as non-locals. “We don’t have money and we have nothing to eat. Had it not been for the local youth, we would have starved,” said Pasi, who lives in a rented…
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