Assam Violence: Home Minister on Two-day Visit

In wake of the unprecedented Assam violence, the Uninion Home Minister P Chidambaram is on a two-day visit to the state. He reached the violence-hit Kokrajhar in Assam and will take stock of the situation. BJP leader LK Advani is also expected to visit Kokrajhar today.

Nearly 10 days after the violence broke out in the area, the situation though in control, remains to be grim. 53 people are dead and almost four lakh homeless in the clashes so far. Traumatised people are now crowding 250 relief camps set up by the government. The PM said the biggest challenge is to provide healing touch to the victims. Need of the hour is to provide immediate relief to the affected people as well as finding a permanent solution to the problem.