Sivasagar (Assam) [India], August 5 (ANI): Every day, Devaram Panikar wakes up with the hope that someone will bring news of his 4-year-old daughter Radhika, who has been missing since the devastating flood of July 19.
After more than two weeks of the devastating flood, Devaram Panikar has searched for his daughter every day in all possible locations in the Nepali Khuti area where flood waters washed away Radhika and her mother.
Devaram Panikar also lost his house in the devastating flood, and he is now taking shelter at a relief camp in the Bihubor area along with his elder daughter.
“I have lost everything. I lost my wife and daughter in the flood. My bhabhi was also washed away by flood waters. I only want to see my daughter one more time,” Devaram Panikar told ANI.
“At that time I was outside and I couldn’t able to see my wife and daughter last time also. After 11 days, my wife’s body was found, but my daughter is still missing. I am living in the hope that my daughter might be found somewhere. I pray to God. I want to see my daughter one more time. I come here every day and feel like that; they are calling me,” Devaram Panikar told ANI.
Rajen Panikar, who lost three members of his family in the flood, told ANI that he lost his wife, Smriti Panikar, in the flood.
“We also lost sister-in-law and 4-year-old niece, Radhika. We can’t forget that horrific moment,” Rajen Panikar said.
On the other hand, Sibeswar Karmakar, a resident of Nepali Khuti area, said that he lost his beloved wife in this devastating flood.
“I loved her so much. I lost everything. The flood destroyed all, including my house. I wasn’t even able to conduct the rituals of my wife perfectly,” Sibeswar Karmakar told ANI.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 89 people have lost their lives in floods in the state till August 4. (ANI)
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