The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong note of death of children due to cold in relief camps set up by Uttar Pradesh government for Muzaffarnagar riots victims.
Taking a note of the cold conditions in the forthcoming months, a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam directed the state administration particularly the district concerned to provide necessary materials including medical facilities for the inmates particularly children in the camps as well as all those affected due to riots by Friday morning itself.
‘We direct the state to ascertain the correctness of the reports on the death of children and file the report on the next date of hearing on 21 January and in view of the serious averments made in the petition, the state is directed to take all measures including medical and provide all remedies to the affected people from tomorrow morning,’ the bench said.