India/Pakistan: In Srinagar, Floodwaters Recede, but Anger Remains

Sep 10, 2014 | Betwa Sharma and Nida Najar, The New York Times
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SRINAGAR, Kashmir — As people waited here for rescue on rooftops and balconies, fear was giving way on Wednesday to anger and resentment over what some saw as a slow response to flooding that began last week and has left hundreds dead in northern India and eastern Pakistan.In the Wazir Bagh neighborhood, where the water was about five feet at its deepest point, residents watched rescue boats make their way to another area where the waters were higher. Some said only the politically connected were being evacuated. Others complained that the rescue teams were incompetent.