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Muraina villagers use iron pot to ferry dead body across flood‑swollen drain
✍️ Amar Ujala · Madhya Pradesh
🗓 09 Sep 2026, 01:17 PM
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Heavy rains in Muraina, Madhya Pradesh, left villagers without a cremation ground and a flooded drain, forcing them to place a deceased in an iron pot and carry it across the water.
In the village of Muraina in Madhya Pradesh, recent heavy rainfall caused a small stream to swell, cutting off access across the settlement. With no designated cremation ground nearby, residents faced a dilemma when a villager died during the floods.
To move the body, they placed it inside an iron cooking pot and manually carried the pot across the inundated drain. The makeshift solution was captured on video and quickly circulated on social media, highlighting the dire state of local infrastructure.
Local authorities have not yet commented on the incident, but the footage underscores the urgent need for improved flood‑management measures and proper funeral facilities in remote rural areas of the state.
To move the body, they placed it inside an iron cooking pot and manually carried the pot across the inundated drain. The makeshift solution was captured on video and quickly circulated on social media, highlighting the dire state of local infrastructure.
Local authorities have not yet commented on the incident, but the footage underscores the urgent need for improved flood‑management measures and proper funeral facilities in remote rural areas of the state.