Bamhori village goes silent in disbeliefas they bid farewell to five labourers

 

 

 

SMALL tribal village of Bamhori in Mandla district fell into deep silence on Monday night as hundreds of villagers gathered to say goodbye to five women who would never return home. There were no loud cries, only quiet tears and folded hands. What had begun as another day of hard labour ended in a tragedy that broke not just families, but the spirit of an entire village. These women had come to Jabalpur with simple hopes to earn enough to feed their families, to send their children to school and to make life a little easier back home. After hours of cleaning work along the national highway in the Barela police station area, they sat down together for lunch.

 

In a moment that changed everything, a speeding car rammed into them, turning an ordinary break into a nightmare. Chainwati and Lachho Bai died on the spot. Through the long hours of Saturday and Sunday night, families waited outside hospital wards, praying and holding on to hope. But by midnight, that hope was crushed. Krishna, Gomta and Ghasiti also lost their lives, raising the death toll to five. Eight others are still injured, two of them in critical condition. The driver responsible has not yet been caught. The village witnessed a sight no one will ever forget one funeral procession carrying five bodies. Mothers, children and neighbours walked together, eyes swollen with grief. These women earned just Rs 230 a day.