According to the girl's uncle, they have received many calls in the past few days for the baby's adoption. But, they refused to give her away.
New Delhi:An 11-month-old girl miraculously survived, but her parents and grandmother were swept away in a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district last week. The incident took place at night around 1 am, but the girl was found in the morning alone in the house - completely unaware of the tragedy.
It was raining extremely heavily when the incident occurred. Due to this, the rainwater was entering the family's house, following which Ramesh Kumar (father), Radha Devi (mother), and Poonam Devi (grandmother) went out to divert the water flow. During this time, a landslide occurred, killing all three of the family.
As the risk of more landslides increased, the victims' neighbours who were living above them climbed down to their house. When they reached around 2 am, they found that only the baby girl was in the house.
According to the girl's uncle, they were informed about the incident the next day by the neighbours.
"It was raining a lot that night. The rainwater was coming into their house, so they decided to divert the water. The girl was sleeping. They had no idea about the cloudburst. When they were cleaning, a landslide took place. Their neighbours, who used to stay above them, came around 2 am. They saw that only the girl was sleeping inside. In the morning, around 5-5:30 am, around 12-13 of us went to their house," he told NDTV.
As the water level was too high, they initially could not cross the bridge to go to his brother's house, he said.
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