Srinagar, Oct 20: Even as pellets wreaked havoc in Kashmir damaging eyes of almost one thousand people, the prominent Non -Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and societies for eye care in India have turned a blind eye towards the plight of the victims.
More than 850 patients have been admitted in the Srinagar’s SMHS hospitals alone whose eye sight was affected with pellets during last three months of unrest in Kashmir.
So far as many as six persons have been completely rendered blind while more than 15 persons have lost eye sight of their one eye. Majority of the remaining over 800 people too would have very limited vision and are staring at a struggling future.
