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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Communal riots deadlier in UP than in other states -Deeptiman Tiwary

Communal riots deadlier in UP than in other states -Deeptiman Tiwary

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published Published on Sep 13, 2013   modified Modified on Sep 13, 2013
-The Economic Times


NEW DELHI: Communal riots in Uttar Pradesh are always deadlier than the rest of the country with more people likely to die in a communal incident in UP than in any other state.

Home ministry data on communal violence across the country between 2005 and 2013 (till August) shows that in UP, one in every four incidents is fatal. The national average stands at one death for seven incidents. With 260 deaths, UP accounted for over 25% of all deaths (1,006) in communal violence in the country between 2005-2013.

Ironically, UP is not even the state with maximum communal incidents, it is Maharashtra but the latter recorded far fewer deaths.

Compared to its nearest rival (Madhya Pradesh) in the ignominious category, UP is ahead by 40% and if the death toll of the recent riots is added, the figure would touch 100%.

According to the data, while UP recorded almost the same number of incidents of communal violence as Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh (the two other states recording high number of communal incidents year after year), it witnessed far more deaths than the two states.

While Maharashtra recorded 1,049 incidents in the period, its death toll was 134. UP recorded 1,045 incidents but its death toll was 260 (excluding the Muzaffarnagar riots). Similarly, MP recorded 1,006 incidents with a death toll of 159. Thus, while UP recorded four incidents less than Maharashtra, it had 126 more deaths.

The rate of deaths (per communal riot) also puts UP ahead of others. While Maharashtra clocked a rate of 12.8% and Madhya Pradesh 15.8%, UP had a rate of 24.8%. The national average for the period stands at 15.6%.

Interestingly, Gujarat, with the blemish of one of the worst communal riots recorded in independent India's history, pales in comparison to UP and the two other states. Since 2005, Gujarat recorded 508 incidents of communal violence (less than half of the three states), and had a death toll of 56 with an effective rate of deaths of nearly 11%.

Total number of communal incidents for the period stood at 6,444 with a death toll of 1,006.


The Economic Times, 13 September, 2013, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/communal-riots-deadlier-in-up-than-in-other-states/articleshow/22539076.cms


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