Four members of a family died and another was critically injured when their mud house collapsed amid rain in Kanpur
Kanpur: A man and his three daughters, who were killed when their mud house collapsed in Hirni village in Kanpur’s Ghatampur on Sunday, were given their last rites on Monday after the family received immediate financial assistance of Rs 35,000. Since the morning, many households in the village have not lit their stoves. Following the accident, residents have remained indoors, and discussions throughout the village are solely focused on this unfortunate incident.
The family had initially refused to perform the rites until assistance was provided. Tehsildar Om Prakash subsequently provided the amount. Mukesh was cremated, while his daughters’ bodies were immersed in the Yamuna. Villagers reflect that if Mukesh had managed to escape upon hearing the collapse, perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided.
The family members and the villagers carried the four biers to the ghat, where Mukesh ’s younger brother Neende performed the last rites on Monday afternoon. Mukesh’s motorcycle remains buried in the rubble even today, with no one left in the house to retrieve it.