Centipede attack makes people forget caste, share food in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Disasters are known to unite people and the centipede attack in Lavad village is nothing short of a calamity for its folk. But there is a bright side to this unnerving situation: the village where crawlies struck, and where caste and gender discrimination were rampant, has today buried its differences and the people are united in the face of the hundred-legged adversity.

Villagers who would not share water are now sharing rice, dal and ladoos prepared in a community kitchen, operational for the past three days. The sole primary school in Lavad has declared mid-term vacation and nearly half its 6,000 population has migrated due to insects invading kitchens, homes, schools and fields.

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