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Sonia calls for action as Bombay rain death toll nears 100
BOMBAY. July 15 : Indian opposition leader Sonia Gandhi today deplored the abysmal living conditions of the poor during a tour of a mudslide-flattened Bombay slum as the toll from incessant rains neared 100 here, reports AFP.
She visited a teeming shanty town In the northern suburb of Ghatkopar. razed by a giant mudslide Wednesday, killing 71 people.
About 10 others were killed in another mudslide, or drowned across Bombay, on the same day.
Sonia’s visit coincided with the death of 16 more people Saturday in rain-related accidents in western Gujarat state, which adjoins Maharashtra state, officials said.
Bombay, India's commercial hub, is the state capital of Ma-harashtara.
The officials said the latest casualties in Gujarat took to 70 the number of people to perish in the coastal state, which too has been swamped by lashing rains that wreaked havoc in Bombay and its suburbs in Ma-harashtara.
Sonia told AFP after speaking with survivors that a significant part of India's one
billion population faced great risk in their daily lives.
"Unfortunately, there are a lot of such people in many towns and cities of India and it should he the endeavour of all us. the government and non governmental organisations, to help people living in precarious conditions in a Tong term and permanent way.
"There should be a national policy on these issues," she said.
During her tour, a fire brigade official said the toll would "easily touch 100."
Sonia also distributed clothes and went to a hospital where the injured were being treated.
Locals cheered her. shouting: "Long live Sonia Gandhi" and "Thank you for coming to see us."
However. Javed Ansari, a local resident, was bitter.
"Such visits only serve to delay the relief operations. Excavation has been stopped since morning because Gandhi's security guards brought everything to a standstill for security reasons.
"Not a single truck or excavator has moved since morning.