Yes, we do believe there is a move and we strongly oppose it because about 10,000 refugees will have to be moved out to some makeshift camp, just to accommodate pilgrims from the south. This, we think, is motivated by some people's desire to have a big show for the festival. There are small camps in the church reservation area, in jungle patches just outside the houses where refugees take shelter. There is a camp right behind the convent. It is only some 250 yards from the church itself.
Soldiers often use the church wells, the source of drinking water for the refugee camp, to bathe.
Some of them also carry weapons. There have been a few skirmishes with the refugees as well. A few have been taken in for questioning and harassed by the army. After the taking over of Madhu, the prices of goods have come down and the medicine shortage has been eased. But the people are confined to their refugee camps and have no way of earning some money by selling firewood or fishing.