Tragic! Odisha daughters forced to dismantle roof for wood for mother’s funeral pyre

In another horrific incident that took place in Odisha, four daughters had to dismantle the roof of their house for their mother’s funeral pyre.

Kalahandi, Sep 26: Odisha has been in news since a tribal man carried the body of his wife for over 10 kilometres due to lack of transportation facilities in the village. In another horrific incident that took place in Odisha on Friday night, four daughters had to dismantle the roof of their house for their mother’s funeral pyre.

The incident took place in Dokripada village of Kalahandi district in Odisha where a 75-year-old woman, Kanak Satpathy, died after being ill for a long time. The family being poor, had no money to perform Kanak’s last rituals. They also asked help from their neighbours but their plea fell on deaf ears. Nobody turned up to help the helpless girls.  As no one offered a helping hand, the four brave girls decided to carry their mother’s body on their head to cremation ground.

Kalahandi (Odisha): Women dismantle roof of their house for some wood for mother’s funeral (25.09.16) pic.twitter.com/D2TVD9uBYF

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As reported, out of the four daughters, two are widows and two have been deserted by their husbands.  As they did not have any source of living, they begged for food in order to survive. Over the past few months, Odisha has been highlighted for the plight of the poor and the pitiable conditions of the hospital in providing basic amenities. (ALSO READ: Odisha horror: Tribal woman carries body of kin in trolley-rickshaw due to lack of transport facilities)

Another similar incident was reported in Odisha where a tribal mane, Dana Majhi was denied a hearse and was forced to carry his wife’s body on his shoulder for 10 km last month. He was also accompanied by his 12-year old daughter. Recently, in a similar incident from Rayagada district in Odisha, a man had to carry his pregnant wife on shoulder as ambulance failed to reach on time.(ALSO READ: Odisha: Husband carries pregnant wife on shoulder as ambulance reaches two hours late)

An incident Odisha ‘body horror’ was reported in the last week from Jajpur district as a tribal woman was denied a mortuary van for her kin and hence was forced to carry the  body in trolley-rickshaw due to lack of transport facilities.