Indore village gifts new house to martyr's wife on Independence Day, gives her special welcome
After spending 27 years in a broken hut in Indore’s Betma, the family of a BSF soldier who was martyred in 1992 was gifted a new house on Independence Day.
Twenty-seven years after her husband was martyred in Tripura, this Independence Day turned special for the widow of BSF jawan Mohan Singh.
Raju Bai, who had been living in a hut with a broken roof in Betma village since 1992, was on Thursday gifted a new 'pucca' house by the villagers.
While the gift was special, what overwhelmed BSF jawan Mohan Singh's wife was the gesture of the Betma villagers. The men placed their hands on the ground to welcome the martyr's wife into the new house. The video of this heart-warming gesture has gone viral on social media.
#WATCH Indore: Youth in Betma village presented new house y'day to wife of soldier Mohan Singh(who lost his life in 1992 in Assam).She had been living in 'kuccha' house till now. They also placed their hands on the ground in respect to help her enter the house for the first time pic.twitter.com/wp3mSM3lWZ ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2019
THE SPECIAL GIFT
At a time when the government did not help the family, villagers collected Rs 11 lakh to build a house for Raju Bai who used to live in the old hut after her husband was martyred in 1992.
After seeing her condition, the villagers started a campaign named 'One Cheque-One Sign' to collect money to build a house for her, news agency ANI reported.
"We collected Rs 11 lakh to build the house for the jawan's widow," said Vishal Rathi who was associated with the campaign.
"Today, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan as well as Independence Day, we gifted the key of the house to her. She also tied 'rakhis' to us. Soon the family will move to the new house," he added.
According to Rathi, building the house cost Rs 10 lakh while the remaining Rs 1 lakh has been kept for constructing a statue of Mohan Singh.
"The statue is also almost ready. It will be installed on the main road. Apart from this, efforts are also being made to name the government school where he studied after Mohan Singh," Rathi was quoted as saying by ANI.
BSF soldier Mohan Singh had a three-year-old son when he was martyred. His wife, who was pregnant with another child at that time, raised both the children with all means she had.
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