Srinagar: With government failing to ensure speedy compensation to the flood victims, a huge number of people are spending cold nights under make shift tents when the temperature is dipping gradually.
Last month scores of the houses were raised to the ground by the flash floods and many people were rendered homeless who are now living in makeshift tents at different places.

Life is gradually becoming very difficult for these people as the autumn season is towards its end and only weeks are left for the winter season when the temperature will dip below zero.
"The nights are very harder and it makes us realize about the importance of having a shelter. We are like nomads now and during nights we shiver with cold  despite using fire to keep ourselves warm," Mohammad Rajab Dar who is living in a tent in Bemina.
In Bemina there are almost 36 families who are putting in very small makeshift tents and are waiting for the compensation programme announced by the government.
"In this small tent which is half the size of a 10/10 room, we are living eight family members in it. We sleep in an irregular manner as everyone keeps on struggling for space. Each person has one blanket which is not adequate to keep him warm in this bone chilling cold nights," Rajab added.
As now the government is shifting men and machinery to winter capital as annual Darbar move, the homeless people are demanding the government to give them space for the winter season.
"We need land where we could construct our houses. We are very poor people here and our huts were washed away by the floods. Government should give us land where we could live properly," said Ghulam Mohiuddin another local.
Further there are scores of flood affected people who are living in rented rooms and are paying hefty sum to the house owners as rent.
"I have shifted to Nishat where my family is living in a rented building. Our house was raised to ground and government is also slow in providing the compensation. It becomes impossible for us to construct a house in this less period when only weeks are left for the winter," said a Mohammad Yusuf a local from Gaw Kadal.