Kapurthala, Sept. 20 -- With floodwater submerging large parts of Sultanpur Lodhi for over 45 days, the family of 75-year-old Gurnam Kaur had to perform her last rites in the backyard of their house in Sangra village, Kapurthala, after she died on Thursday following a brief illness.
Sangra village was among the worst-affected villages along with Mand Mubarakpur, Muhammadabad, Baupur Kadim, Baupur Jadid, Rampur Gura, Mand Bandu Jadid, Bhaini Karim Baksh, and Bhaini Bahadur, with the swollen Beas continuing to wreak havoc in these areas since August 10.
Gurnam's son, Nishan Singh, said the cremation ground of the village is submerged under water, and initially they planned to take his mother's dead body to Sultanpur Lodhi via boats.
"But...
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