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The Guardian - UK
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Adil Rashid in Srinagar

Kashmir opens its first care homes for old people – but not everyone is happy

An elderly man walking across a bridge in Srinagar
Kashmi has opened 10 residential homes for elderly people on the margins of society. Photograph: Adil Rashid

No family came to visit Ali Mohammad Dar at the care home where he spent his final days. He was moved to the home in Budgam from hospital, where he was being treated for kidney failure.

When Dar died in March, staff at the home in Indian-administered Kashmir struggled to find a place to bury him because he didn’t have a family burial plot.

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