Some residents also fear that they might not be allowed to go back. “I was born and brought up here, I went to school nearby. How can they ask us to leave and go back to our villages? We’ve set up our entire lives here,” said Govind (22), an AC repairman.
The offices, including the PWD headquarters, Excise department and the Delhi Commission for Women among others have been affected with officials employed at most of them directed to work from home.