Lucknow, April 07:Two infant girls were killed when a lighted mosquito repellent coil set their bed ablaze in an Uttar Pradesh village Wednesday.
Naina, 2, and Shivangi, born eight months ago, were alone on their cot in Jarwal village in Bahraich, 80 km from here, when the tragedy struck.
Their parents were working in a field, the distraught father Vasudev told police.
“We had not imagined even in our wildest dreams that fate would take them away from us in such a manner,” the sobbing father said.
They informed the government that a few legislators had also gone on a day’s hunger strike outside the Maharashtra legislature building to highlight the problems of farmers who suffered huge losses due to crop damage in extreme cold conditions in Vidharbha.
While admitting that such losses were not within the ambit of the rules governing compensation, Rane said the government would consider making suitable amendments.
Maharashtra has legal provisions to compensate losses arising out of floods or drought situation, but not due to heat or cold waves.
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