Earning members amongst 24 useless at crematorium in UP, households left destitute

“HUM TOOT chuke hain (We are totally broken),” cried Mamata Khatri, 35, whose husband Pramod and a nephew died within the roof collapse at a crematorium in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad district, on Sunday, leaving the household with none incomes member.
A day after, because the toll within the roof collapse rose by yet another to 24, there have been a number of households like Mamata’s questioning what would occur to them now.
Pramod, 36, and Robin Singh, 23, had gone to the crematorium for the final rites of Pramod’s uncle Jai Ram, a vegetable vendor. Now all which are left in her prolonged household, Mamata stated, are herself, her mother-in-law, her two kids and Robin’s mom.
“My husband was a graphic designer and had a studio. Robin had joined a job at a private company just two days back. Robin’s father, my husband’s elder brother, died last year,” she stated, including, “There is no respite from death.”

Five households, together with Mamata’s, sat on Monday on the Meerut-Delhi freeway, with the our bodies of their family members, demanding accountability. Residents of neighbouring areas joined them in help, and their protest continued even because it rained.
Four arrests have been made based mostly on the FIR filed towards two municipal officers and the contractor concerned within the building of the roof, completed simply two months in the past. Those arrested embody Nagar Palika Executive Officer Niharika Singh, Junior Engineer Chandra Pal, contractor Ajay Tyagi and supervisor Ashish.
On Monday afternoon, the workplace advanced of the Muradnagar Nagar Palika Parishad was empty, with all rooms locked. Ghaziabad DM Ajay Shankar Pandey couldn’t be contacted.
Another lady protester, additionally known as Mamta (38), stated her husband Omkar (41), who was among the many useless, was additionally the only real bread-winner of the household. “I have two children, 16 and 18, both of whom study in a local private school, and we live with my mother-in-law. My husband had a job at a private company,” she stated.
Jai Ram was their neighbour and Omkar had gone for the cremation whereas she stayed again. “We got a call that an accident had taken place at the crematorium, and we rushed there. When we reached, we saw everyone was crushed under rubble,” Mamta stated.
With husband Sunil Dhakolia, 44, among the many useless, Pushplata is left with 4 kids, aged 18, 14, 10 and 9. Siya, 14, sat along with her mom on the street with Dhakolia’s physique on Monday. “We all go to school,” she stated, including that the month-to-month hire alone for his or her home was Rs 3,000.
The households vacated the street solely after six hours, on the intervention of IG, Meerut Range, Praveen Kumar, Divisional Commissioner Anita Meshram and DM Pandey. The officers handed over signed notes promising the households Rs 10 lakh compensation, free schooling for his or her minor kids, a authorities job for a member every, and strict motion towards these responsible for the lapses that led to the incident.