LUCKNOW: Two-and-a-half year old
Ananya may not be able to understand what has befallen her family, but she can sense that all is not well.
At the peak of second wave of
Covid pandemic in April end, the Yadav family of Imaliya Purva village in Lucknow lost eight members, including Ananya’s father, Satya Prakash Yadav, in less than a fortnight. Taking note of the tragic incident, the
child welfare committee (
CWC) is set to extend
help to Ananya.
The victims included Ruprani (82), Mithilesh Kumari (54), Kamla Devi (80), Nirankar (48), Vinod Kumar (60), Vijay Kumar (58), Shail Kumari (52) and Satya Prakash (34).
Talking to TOI, Kamla Devi’s son Omkara Yadav said: “In the fourth week of April, three members of my family, including my mother, died on the
same day. Even after three deaths, no government team visited us for
RT-PCR test. Five more family members succumbed within the next 10 days. I have lost my four brothers and have to shoulder huge responsibilities. I have to take care of my sisters-in-law and their children.” Omkar is a Group C employee in the railways in Alambagh.
Omkar said his elder brother Vijay and younger sibling Nirankar were farmers, while Vinod was a retired Group D employee in the railway. Satya Prakash was a Group D employee in wagon department of Northern Railway and is survived by daughter Ananya and wife Poonam.
Member of CWC, Lucknow, Sangeeta Sharma said: “We will help the family avail benefits of government schemes. Since Ananya’s father died of Covid, she will be provided monetary help as announced by the government. We will also try to get funds for the education of Nirankar’s son Abhishek through a central scheme.” Omkar also demanded a government job for Nirankar’s younger son, Karan.