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Universal Apathy: After the Exodus

• More than 5000 persons have died in camps and elsewhere after their forced exodus from the valley. They died of
• Sunstrokes (more than 1000) as most of them were used to cold climate of Kashmir and could not acclimitize to extremely hot temperatures in rest of India.
• Heart attacks and accidents which have been mainly attributed to extreme psychological trau ma and mental pressures by the doctors.
• Gastroenteritis and typhoid epidemics, snake bites etc. 
• The cohesiveness of the displaced families has broken as they were to undergo Diaspora for finding livelihood in various parts of country.
• Cultural Dilution - The whole displaced community with a distinct culture is facing the threat of extinction after loosing its natural habitat.