01, Jun 2002

Till June, 2002

4954 cases of residential houses having been completely destroyed: 2023 Urban and 2931 Rural

18,924 cases of residential houses having been partially destroyed:  11,199 Urban and 7095 Rural

This implies that more than 23,000 houses had been either destroyed or damaged by the rioters.

(Reference: Report of the Parliamentary Committee on the Empowerment of Women; the same has been recorded by the State Home Department)

The loss of property of Muslims was accounted as approximately 600 crores

The loss of property of Hindus was accounted as approximately 40 crores

(Reference: Sreekumar’s affidavit submiited to the Nanavati-Shah Commission)