Tag: Dana Majhi

Congress supporters today gheraoed the Chief District Medical Officer's (CDMO) office here today demanding Rs 10 lakh compensation for the family of Dana Majhi, who had to walk 10 km with his wife's body on the shoulders after he was allegedly denied a hearse

At just a tender age of 12, she had to come face to face with the harsh reality of life when a heart-wrenching scene unfolded before her eyes as her father, Dana Majhi, walked 10 kilometres shouldering the body of her mother in 2016. However, five year fast forward, Majhi's elder girl Chandini has left behind the grimmer past and scripted success story by clearing the annual matriculation examination, the results of which were announced on Friday. 

Gajapati: The chinks in management of Cyclone Titli and subsequent flood by Odisha government were exposed once again after a man was found carrying the body of his daughter on shoulders for post-mortem for nearly 8 kms in Raygad block of Gajapati district. According to reports, Mukund Dora’s eight-year-old daughter had reportedly gone missing during […]

By Sandeep Sahu From the dusty, tortuous roads of Kalahandi to an aircraft flying serenely 30, 000 feet above the ground, Dana Majhi has taken an incredible leap in three weeks. The man, who set off on a back-breaking trek back to his village located 60 kms away from Bhawanipatna with his dead wife’s body […]

Kalahandi: In August 2016, Kalahandi hogged headlines after a man, Dana Majhi, walked for 10 kilometres with his wife’s corpse on his shoulder after being denied a hearse vehicle. Nothing seems to have changed for the people residing in the remote areas as cases of disrespect to the dead fail to die down even after […]

Bhubaneswar/Bhawanipatna: Do you still remember Dana Majhi, who became a symbol of poverty & government apathy after he was forced to carry the body of his dead wife on his shoulders for nearly 12 kms some three years back? OTV team reached Dana Majhi’s village in Melghara under Thuamul Rampur of Kalahandi district to check […]