When Wakeel Hassan, one of the rat-hole miners involved in the rescue operation in the Silkyara tunnel rescue operation in Uttarakhand, came back to Delhi, he urged the authorities to let him have his house as the only award. A local leader had then told him, “Ghar bhi banayenge, khana bhi khayenge (We’ll build your house and have a meal at your place too).” Now, Hassan says, “Khana bhi nahi khaya, ghar bhi tod diya (They did not have a meal and they demolished our house).”