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Road Closure Forces Villagers to Carry Woman’s Body Six Kilometres
An 80-year-old woman named Parma Devi died while being treated in Chandigarh.
Her family and other villagers brought her body by vehicle as far as a main road.
The road to her village was closed because it had been damaged during the monsoon.
So villagers carried her body on their shoulders for about six kilometres over a rough route.
They then took her to the village cremation ground.
People in the area say the closed road also makes it harder to reach hospitals and take crops to market.
The road serves Tina Gularwala and several nearby villages.
Residents say it was built in 2014, but it has not been reopened after this year’s monsoon damage.
Villagers carried 80-year-old Parma Devi’s body nearly six kilometres to Tina Gularwala after the road was closed.
Devi died while receiving treatment at PGI Chandigarh; a vehicle brought her body to the main road near Dharti Dhar.
Residents said the roughly eight-kilometre Tina Gularwala road has been closed since monsoon damage.
The road, built in 2014, connects Tina Gularwala and several nearby villages to the Rama-Dhageda main road.
Local representative Virendra Singh Thakur said the closure affects medical access and farmers’ ability to transport crops.
- Who
- Villagers in Tina Gularwala carried the body of 80-year-old Parma Devi; local BDC member Virendra Singh Thakur described the effects of the closure.
- What
- Villagers carried Devi’s body about six kilometres because the road to her village was closed.
- Where
- Tina Gularwala village, in Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.
- When
- After Devi died during treatment; villagers told PTI on Tuesday that the road had remained closed since monsoon damage.
- Why
- The road to the village was damaged during the monsoon and remained closed.
Residents’ concerns
Road-management context
Effects of the road closure
Residents’ concerns
Virendra Singh Thakur said the closure makes it difficult to take sick people to hospital on time, disrupts farmers’ ability to transport crops, and creates hardships for students and other residents.
Road-management context
The account says the road falls under panchayat jurisdiction and that the Public Works Department restores the closed road each year; it gives no response from authorities explaining why it remains closed this time.
Key facts
- Deceased
- Parma Devi, 80
- Village
- Tina Gularwala, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh
- Distance carried
- About six kilometres
- Road length
- Approximately eight kilometres
- Road construction
- Built in 2014
- Reported cause of closure
- Monsoon damage
- Treatment location
- PGI Chandigarh
Quotes
Virendra Singh Thakur
Block development council member from the area
“The consequences of the road closure are being suffered not only after death, but also in everyday life. Taking the sick to the hospital on time has become a difficult task and farmers’ crops are being ruined in the fields because they cannot be transported to the markets.”
thehansindia.com
“Every year, the Public Works Department restores the closed road, but this time the road remains closed.”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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