Many jobs lost as Situapura makes slow recovery
The continuing blaze at the Indian Oil Corporation fuel depot in Sitapura has not only destroyed property worth crores of rupees, but displaced and rendered many jobless.
The damages may gradually be repaired, the big question is how much time it will take the situation to normalise and thousands of people, especially labourers, who eke out a living out of this industrial area will get their life back on track. For these workers it is a question of survival while some think of migration, others pray for the situation to normalise fast.
The area has been cordoned off and people have been evacuated. At present about 4,000 people were accommodated in government schools and dharmashalas. Since the fire erupted on Thursday evening, all business activity near the oil depot has come to a stand still.
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