Jagran correspondent, Auraiya. A woman who had gone to dig yellow soil to paint her house to welcome the New Year was buried under the debris after the mound collapsed. People pulled him out but by then his breathing had stopped.
The accident happened around 9 am on Monday morning, about one kilometer away from Kothi Daspur village of Ayana police station area. Police arrived and took information about the incident. The woman's in-laws house is in Aliapur village, Mangalpur police station area of Kanpur Dehat district. She was living with her father apart from her husband for 20 years.
Bahadur Singh, a resident of Kothi Daspur village, said that his 40-year-old daughter Mithlesh Kumari was married to Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Aliyapur in Mangalpur police station area of Kanpur Dehat. For 20 years, the daughter was living in her parents' house separately from her husband along with her sons Ashwani and Shantanu.
To paint the house to welcome the New Year, she had gone to dig yellow soil one kilometer away from the village along with her younger grandson Tanu and neighbor Charan Singh's daughter Vandana around 8 am on Monday morning.
After digging a bag of soil, Shantanu was sent home to keep the soil. The mound collapsed while digging soil at around 9 o'clock. Due to this she got buried under the debris.
When Vandana, who was present nearby, raised an alarm, the farmers present in the fields came running. It took half an hour of effort to bring him out but by then he had already died. Ayana police station incharge Ajay Kumar informed the tehsil administration about the incident.
Accountant Abhishek Kumar conducted investigation at the spot. After handing over the report to the Tehsil administration, he assured help to his relatives. The police station chief said that the exact reason behind the death will be known in the post-mortem report.
Ashwani and Shantanu became orphans within two months
On the death of Mithlesh Kumari, her sons Ashwani and Shantanu are in tears. Bahadur Singh told that the daughter had left her husband and came to her maternal home. Son-in-law Sanjay Kumar used to work in a private job in Delhi.
A few months ago, when he fell ill with a serious illness, he too came to live in Kothi Daspur. He died two months ago due to illness. Now both the grandchildren have become orphans due to the death of their daughter. How will he support his grandchildren in old age?
Accidents happen while digging deep into the soil
Even today, many people are living in mud houses in the villages of the rugged belt. At the same time, some parts of some people's houses are kutcha.
People use yellow clay found in rugged areas for painting mud houses. In search of good soil, people dig deep under the mound and extract soil. In doing so, there is a risk of accident due to landslide.