On April 20-24 this year, many of the families here relived those scary moments and the loss of their loved ones when the administration carried out a mock drill. Many left immediately for safe ground.
This week, the hero of Hilkaka, Tahir, a Muslim Gujjar , died of a heart attack in Uttarakhand and was laid to rest in his native Murrah village. He was 63, and is survived by two wives and three minor sons.