No relief funds

IN Media Watch Briefs | 23/04/2002
No relief funds

No relief funds

 

Catastrophes in this country normally see the media announcing relief funds with considerable promptness. The month long communal disturbances in Gujarat which have killed over 700, affected over a lakh people and seen many homes, businesses and properties destroyed, have not seen a single newspaper or TV channel start a relief fund for the victims. Something to do with the colour of the victims?