Floodwaters blur Delhi’s class lines, but inequality persists in hardship

The well-to-do have left their houses and some have even kept their domestic workers to guard them. The poor have taken shelter in roadside camps and footpaths

In the course of everyday life, there is little in common between the lives of the residents of the upscale bungalows of north Delhi’s Bela Road and those in the cramped lanes of nearby Yamuna Bazar, where many security guards and domestic workers stay.

The Yamuna’s rising waters forced people in several parts of the city to evacuate their homes. (HT PHOTO)

Yet, over the past three days, their lives have been tragically brought together by the rising water of the Yamuna, which has blighted their lives in similar ways, though with vastly different consequences. The well-to-do have