Two die of cold in Sarlahi district

December 19, Sarlahi: Two people from the Musahar community have died of cold in the last two weeks in the Sarlahi district.

Ramesh Majhi,40, from ward no 9 and Ram Bhagat Majhi, 65, from ward no 6 of Haripur Municipality lost their lives due to severe cold, according to the District Police Office.

Ramesh used to work as a labour. He died while sleeping. He had slept in a bed of straw.

Chairman of ward 9, Bishwanath Raya, informed that the Musahar community was living in a sorry state- no warm clothes to wear for sleeping.

He however said he was not aware of the death of Ramesh due to cold. He informed that efforts were on to distribute blankets with the coordination of NGOs to the people affected by the cold.