Five years on, Pakistani Hindu refugees at Majnu Ka Tilla await electricity connection

The community of some 700 people has largely remained unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic

It has nearly been five years since they were given asylum and settled here at Majnu Ka Tilla, and nearly year-and-a-half since the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, but a group of Hindu families from Pakistan still await basic amenities such as electricity for the lack of an Indian identity. Settled behind the Majnu Ka Tilla gurudwara, the community of some 700 people has largely remained unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic and has received vaccination for people over 45 years of age. However, getting an electric connection remains elusive to the refugee community, who claim to have written to the State and central government for a solution.