Uttarakhand: No trace of missing sons, relatives ‘cremate’ effigies

北阿坎德邦：找不到失踪的儿子，亲属“火葬”肖像

DEHRADUN: The hope that they had made it alive was never there. But Budaari Devi did wish she could see her sons Sandeep and Jeevan one last time before they were laid to rest. A week after the Uttarakhand floods, with no word on whether their bodies had been found, their effigies were cremated by the banks of the Yamuna in Haripur village on Sunday.

德拉顿：虽然儿子桑迪普和吉万活着的希望渺茫，布达里·德维还是希望能在安葬前最后一次见到他们。北阿坎德邦洪水爆发已过一周，他们的尸体仍未找到。周日，家人在哈里普尔村的亚穆纳河岸将他们的肖像火化。

“We waited for a week and then gave up. They were working right in front of the dam — they could not have survived, we know. The only thing we wished for was that we would get their bodies. But that didn’t happen either and time was running out,” said Guddu, their elder brother.

“我们等了一个星期，现在已经放弃了。他们在大坝前面工作，我们知道他们不可能活下来。我们唯一的愿望就是寻回他们的遗体，但是没有找到，” 哥哥古杜说道。

Among the Jaunsari community, if someone is believed to be dead and the body cannot be found, an effigy must be cremated within 14 days. “It is dressed in the clothes of the deceased and cremated just the way the body would be,” said Balbir Chauhan, their uncle and gram pradhan of the Panjiya village.

按照当地的风俗，如果某人已经死亡，无法找到遗体，则必须在14天内火化其肖像。“肖像穿着死者的衣服火化，”他们的叔叔巴尔比尔·乔汉说道。

Jeevan, 21, had left Jaunsar’s Panjiya for Tapovan months ago. There was work to be found at the hydel project, he had heard. Money was not too bad, either. He called his brother, Sandeep, 24, to join him. On January 8, Sandeep did. He was to get married on May 16.

吉万, 21岁，几个月前前往塔博凡。他听说水电站项目有工作可做，工资不错，他叫24岁的弟弟桑迪普和他一起去。桑迪普他原本定在5月16日结婚。

“I spoke to them on February 6 over the phone. They were happy I had called,” said Guddu. When news of the flood came, he left for Tapovan. But nothing turned up. So, they decided it was time. Guddu got back home on Sunday, got the effigies ready and cremated his brothers.

古杜说：“我在2月6日与他们通过电话，他们还挺高兴的。”洪水的消息传来后，他动身前往塔博凡，但什么也没找到。所以，他们决定火化肖像了。周日古杜回到家，准备好了肖像，火化了他的兄弟们。

印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Deepak Rauthan

Speechless...... I prayer hope Such

unimaginable separation situations never ever comes in anyone's life

不知道说什么好……我祈祷这种生离死别永远不要出现在任何人的生活中

Vivek !!

Shame on media for not giving due coverage and importance to this tragic news.

可耻的是，媒体没有给予这一悲剧应有的关注。

Vijay Ishwarlal Upadhyay

Government SHOULD STOP immediately all Hydro Projects in Uttarakhand, it's very very Eco sensitive areas in Himalay region. In fact this is not development but destroying our Unique Mother Nature. Increasing population is big threat to Environment. I feel ashamed & deeply regrets for those who lost their Dear Family members. Monetary Compensation is not a solution.

政府应该立即叫停北阿坎德邦的水电项目，那里是喜马拉雅的生态脆弱地区。

修建水电站，不是发展，而是在破坏大自然。

人口增长对环境的威胁很大。

我为那些失去亲人的人感到深深的遗憾。

金钱补偿不是解决问题的办法。

Santosh Kumar D

Very sad. May their soul rest in peace. Pray to god to give strength to the family.

非常难过。愿他们的灵魂安息。祈祷神赐给这个家庭力量。

sammychennai

this is where the home minister should be going rather than giving election nonsense speeches....=in our country the politicians don't know their job profiles

内政部长应该去这里慰问，而不是发表毫无意义的选举演讲....在我们国家，政客们不知道他们的本职工作是什么

Ganesh

May all there souls rest in peace

愿所有逝者的灵魂都能安息

William Dsouza

May God give strength to their families.

愿神赐给他们的家人力量。

Pritam

Rip

安息吧

Asok Datta

Very unfortunate and sad tale of human tragedy precipitated by human neglect of nature's ability; no language to express the grief

非常不幸，悲剧啊，这是人类对自然的忽视而导致的

无法用语言来表达这种悲痛。

Dinesh Kumar

modi dreams project

destroy natural

莫迪的梦想项目，破坏了大自然

William Dsouza

A real tragedy.

一个真正的悲剧。

Sanjoy Pandey

There appears to be no hope of getting the bodies of those missing in the flash floods.

看来已经没有希望找到在山洪暴发中失踪者的遗体了。

Rohit Yadav

instead of searching Alive people BJP is searching for Twitter tweets .. new india

印度人民党不搜寻活着的人，而搜索发推特的人。这就是新印度

Michaelalok

HEART RENDERING SCENE……SPEECHLESS!

感人的场景......不知道说什么好!

Jagdish Madan

Huge tragedy and unimaginable pain! God grant the affected families the strength to bear their loss! I still hope some may be found alive and reunite with their loved ones!

大悲剧，难以想象的痛苦！

愿神赐予失去亲人的家庭承受痛苦的力量!

我仍然希望他们还活着，能与他们的亲人团聚!

H Mech

Sleep easy

安息吧

Sanjay Punjabi

WOW A NEW DIGITAL STYLE OF CREMATION....LESS EXPENSIVE. ..SAVES MONEY....HOWEVER. ...KINS RUSH TO DECALRE DEATH VIRTUALLY IS SUSPECT.....MAY BE TO GET HANDS ON PROPERTY....smart people.

哇，一种新的火葬方式....便宜，省钱…亲属们急着宣布死亡，有点可疑.....可能是为了分家产....真聪明。