Guj village shuts down to pay homage for couple, kids died on US-Canada border

January 29, 2022 16:29

Shops remained shut and streets were deserted in Dingucha village of Gujarat's Gandhinagar district on Saturday as villagers paid homage to the four members of a family, who died of the extreme cold near the Canada-US border recently.

Villagers shared the grief of the local Patel family, who lost their four members, including two children, by suspending work and downing the shutters of the shops in the market area, said an office-bearer of the village, which is located around 40 kms from Ahmedabad.

The village, from where a significant number of people have migrated abroad, mainly to the US, Canada and Australia over the past many decades, wore a deserted look on Saturday, locals said.

A majority of the local residents belong to the Patidar community.

Initially, the village was not ready to believe that the four persons, including a baby, who died on the US-Canada border belonged to the family of Baldevbhai Patel, they said.

However, they later came to terms with the hard fact that the deceased were his son Jagdish Patel (39), daughter-in-law Vaishali (37), grand daughter Vihangi (11), and grandson Dharmik (3), after Canadian authorities confirmed their identities. -- PTI

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