No peace even afterlife. Yes! the monsoon creating devastating floods over the past days have taken a diversion after this video goes viral where funeral precession in the Guna district.

The ruinous conditions in northern Madhya Pradesh, created by devastating floods over the past many days, have been underscored in a recent video of a funeral procession in the state`s Guna district. It showed the final journey of a villager -- after being delayed initially -- through waist-deep waters.

The video, from Guna`s Bhadaura village, was recorded on Friday. It had the body of Kamarlal Shakyavar, who died that day, being carried by a handful of villagers to the cremation ground.

A funeral procession waded through waist height water to reach cremation ground in Guna around 1,250 villages are still reeling in the aftermath of floods the
death toll in the rain-related incidents in the flood-hit parts has risen to 24 @ndtv @ndtvindia pic.twitter.com/KBmCxK7J3J

— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) August 8, 2021

His family and friends waited for hours for the water level to fall. But with no changes, they decided to proceed and chose as pallbearers only those who could swim.

The video has by now been shared widely on social media, sparking shock and criticism, especially over the lack of development and non-existent basic facilities like all-weather roads. Bhadaura is only around 15 km away from Guna.

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