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History
After the 2002 Gujarat Riots ended, nearly one-hundred thousand displaced people moved into 101 relief camps. The camps were run by community groups and NGOs, with the government committing to provide amenities and supplementary services like drinking water, medical help, clothing, blankets and temporary roof over the homeless victims. One of such temporary relief camps was Citizen Nagar.

The relocated camp is located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, near Narol. Almost 116 Muslim families from Naroda Patiya — and some from Gulbarg Society — were resettled in Citizen Nagar during early 2003. The slum of 40 houses was donated by the Kerala Muslim League Relief Committee then headed by E. Ahmed, MP from Malappuram. Like all the relief colonies spread across Gujarat, Citizen Nagar was set up as a temporary camp but has burgeoned into a permanent slum.

The riot victims were provided with rows of shanties – one room-kitchen-toilet quarters with corrugated tin sheets for roofs – lined either side of a 10-foot-wide road that was slushy with sewage. The colony had no corporation schools for its 100-odd children, no health center and no piped water as Gujarat government did not actively fulfill its duty to provide appropriate relief and rehabilitation to the survivors.

Everyone was relieved until the families realized that Ahmedabad's garbage dumping grounds were just behind their current residence. The huge black mound that rises almost 135 m high was not just any mountain. It was the mountain of the waste the city discharged on daily basis. They never knew the landfill behind them will get bigger, darker and the smoldering fire would make their life a living hell.

However, for those homeless hopeful riot victims, something was better than anything.