Kalyan Sukha (Bathinda), October 17
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today flew to this village to share grief with the residents who were mourning death of six members of a family in a road accident.
He spent some time in the house of the victims where
residents of the entire village had gathered to mourn the tragic incident while people elsewhere were with enthusiasm celebrating Dussehra (Vijya Dashmi).
The village has recently suffered a major loss, when six members of a family were killed in a road accident on the Bathinda-Chandigarh road. The ill-fate kin, who were killed, were returning after celebrating the engagement ceremony of one of them at Tapa town in Baranala district, when the car they were traveling in rammed into a bus near village Jethuke in Bathinda district.
To sympathize with the bereaved family, Sukhbir Badal expressed grief and assured the family members every possible help, if required.
Narrating the days they shared with the deceased, the immense pain of loss was not only visible on the faces of elderly people but children too were observed soaked in throbbing.
“I had bought a lot of firecrackers to celebrate Dussehra with my friends but when the whole village is remorse over the incident I can not even think to celebrate the festival. So I handed over all my crackers to a kin residing in some distant village,” said a 10-year-old boy Amrit Pal Singh.
It is not Dussehra only, the whole village has decided not to celebrate Diwali also, informed one Rupinder Singh, who resides opposite the house of the victims. He said that the incident had shaken the village so badly that many of the farmers delayed the harvesting of their ripened paddy crop.
An elderly Mahender Singh said, “It was not only the six souls that perished, but the tragedy has put their five close knit families in turmoil for ever.”
Speaking to The Tribune, villagers informed that in the incident one Jagtar Singh had been killed along with his only son Beant Singh and now Jagtar is survived by only his widow.
Meanwhile, there were two nephews of Jagtar, namely Amandeep Singh Gurlal Singh, who left their parents to keep crying for rest of their life. Further, the accident claimed lives of two of his brothers-in-law, namely Darshan Singh and Gursewak Singh, who left their wives and young children to fight the battle of life on their own.
“This is apparently the first such major tragedy in our village that left people from all walks of life in deep sorrow. We wish such a tragic incident takes place in no village,” rued one Rajbinder Singh.
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today flew to this village to share grief with the residents who were mourning death of six members of a family in a road accident.
 Residents mourning their loss. Photos by writer |
He spent some time in the house of the victims where
residents of the entire village had gathered to mourn the tragic incident while people elsewhere were with enthusiasm celebrating Dussehra (Vijya Dashmi).The village has recently suffered a major loss, when six members of a family were killed in a road accident on the Bathinda-Chandigarh road. The ill-fate kin, who were killed, were returning after celebrating the engagement ceremony of one of them at Tapa town in Baranala district, when the car they were traveling in rammed into a bus near village Jethuke in Bathinda district.
To sympathize with the bereaved family, Sukhbir Badal expressed grief and assured the family members every possible help, if required.
Narrating the days they shared with the deceased, the immense pain of loss was not only visible on the faces of elderly people but children too were observed soaked in throbbing.
“I had bought a lot of firecrackers to celebrate Dussehra with my friends but when the whole village is remorse over the incident I can not even think to celebrate the festival. So I handed over all my crackers to a kin residing in some distant village,” said a 10-year-old boy Amrit Pal Singh.
It is not Dussehra only, the whole village has decided not to celebrate Diwali also, informed one Rupinder Singh, who resides opposite the house of the victims. He said that the incident had shaken the village so badly that many of the farmers delayed the harvesting of their ripened paddy crop.
An elderly Mahender Singh said, “It was not only the six souls that perished, but the tragedy has put their five close knit families in turmoil for ever.”
Speaking to The Tribune, villagers informed that in the incident one Jagtar Singh had been killed along with his only son Beant Singh and now Jagtar is survived by only his widow.
Meanwhile, there were two nephews of Jagtar, namely Amandeep Singh Gurlal Singh, who left their parents to keep crying for rest of their life. Further, the accident claimed lives of two of his brothers-in-law, namely Darshan Singh and Gursewak Singh, who left their wives and young children to fight the battle of life on their own.
“This is apparently the first such major tragedy in our village that left people from all walks of life in deep sorrow. We wish such a tragic incident takes place in no village,” rued one Rajbinder Singh.
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