A 61-year-old Sanpada resident who had gone to visit his sick brother in Guhagar in Konkan, died in the Mahad bridge collapse. His family held his last rites on Friday.
A 61-year-old Sanpada resident who had gone to visit his sick brother in Guhagar in Konkan, died in the Mahad bridge collapse. His family held his last rites on Friday. but is hopeful that seven relatives who were with him in the car return alive.
Dattaram Mirgal (61), was staying in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, for the past decade. His brother stayed in Guhagar and was ill since a month so Dattaram planned a visit to his brother’s village. Dattaram’s son-in-law, Ankush Kasar, said, “His children were telling him not to go in the heavy rain. But his love for his brother made him go. He was planning to return the next day. On the same day however, my wife got a call that he was coming back with some villagers who insisted that he join them in the Tavera. As these people were coming to Borivali, he decided to return with them.”
“We didn’t know about the incident till the next day. He was expected to return in the morning but when he did not come back till afternoon, we started calling everyone. That’s when we came to know that he was in the Tavera which fell in the Mahad bridge collapse,” said Ankush. For the past three days, Dattaram’s family is continuously visiting Mahad in the hope that they will find the other relatives who were there in the Tavera.
