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Women out of NRC due to Disasters
Why is it in news?
- Two disastersone caused by water and the other by firehave kept several women out of Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC).
More in news
- The two disaster which were six years apart affected the adjoining West Bengal districts.
(1) Jalpaiguriin 1968 experienced a disastrous flood.
(2) Cooch Behar in 1974, was ravaged by fire.
- Plight of Women’s
(1) Several women from Meghalaya married in Assam too have missed the NRC bus, many due to the State’s inability to verify their documents.
(2) Many Bengali people are suffering because of the laxity by the West Bengal officials in verifying their documents.
Source
The Hindu