JOIN USThanks to the efforts of the North-East Forum, scores of people from the North-East are making a silent return to Hyderabad after fleeing to their native places last month following rumours of impending attacks on them.
Those working with security agencies, real estate and hospitality industries are whole-heartedly welcomed by their employers who have come forward to not only take them back, but also treat their absence from work as paid leave.
In the absence of any special trains arranged by the South Central Railway, the North-East people are returning to Hyderabad via Kolkata by regular trains.
“Unlike the panic exodus last month, people are returning in peace as they have realised that there is no harm to them here and the messages were the mischief of some misguided elements,” Sam Khumanthem, the spokesman of North-East Forum, said.
The forum is trying to instill confidence among people returning home, by helping them through community kitchens and a hot cup of welcome tea. The Forum is working in tandem with various associations of students, churches and even the media in the northeast to assure the people that Hyderabad is safe and there are no problems here.