Dana Majhi receives Bahrain help

BHUBANESWAR: Dana Majhi of Melghar in Kalahandi, in the news recently for walking ten 10 km carrying wife’s body on his shoulder, on Thursday collected a checque of Rs 8.87 lakh from officials of the embassy of Bahrain, in Delhi on Thursday.
It was a gift from the Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa. The Prince, from one of the world’s richest royal families, like the rest of the world had been moved by the sight of Majhi, a tribal man, trying to carry his dead wife back home after she died at the district hospital in Bhawanipatna.
Majhi told mediapersons, at a press conference arranged by his well-wishers, that he would deposit the money in the bank for his three daughters to use someday.“I don’t know who gave me the money, but I was told that Bahrain prince donated the money after learning about my story,” he told the media.
Majhi, too poor to hire a hearse last month, has received other donations including Rs 5 lakh that Sulabh International. The state administration, under Naveen Patnaik’s government, which was criticized for abandoning him had also extended Rs 30,000 and benefits under state schemes for the poor including money for a pucca house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
Majhi’s children have also been admitted to the Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences. This was Majhi’s first trip in a flight, and his first visit, albeit brief to Delhi.
On August 24, Majhi lost his wife – his first wife had also died giving birth to his daughter- to tuberculosis. Reportedly, unable to find help from the hospital staff, Majhi had decided to walk back home with his wife. Ten kilometers along the road, a reporter had filmed his tragedy, which had gone viral after that. Life has since not been the same. Majhi has been surrounded by curious, sympathetic and interested people who have stepped up to help the man who had but his teenage daughter in his saddest moment.
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