Srinagar, April 8 -- More than 19000 stranded non-local labourers are running out of money and ration in Kashmir.

"We are around 400 labourers at degree college Sopore without money. Four days ago, police provided us rice but that is not sufficient. Sometimes we don't eat for the whole day," Shahid, a non-local labourer from Bihar told The Kashmir Monitor over the phone.

He said that there are two washrooms for 400 people. "20 people are living in one shabby room and we don't have enough blankets to keep ourselves warm. We cannot move out as authorities had locked gate from outside," he added.

Last week, Shahid along with 400 non-local labourers were picked up by the administration from their rented accommodation and lodged at Sopore D...