We will die of hunger and thirst,” were the last words Krishnawati Singh recalled from her spouse’s phone discussion at 9 p.m. on Thursday, as he dispiritedly treked along train tracks in Maharashtra hoping to reach his town house, some 800 km away.
Back house in Maman village of Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, landless and without even a head of livestock to sell or borrow cash on, Ms. Singh was defenseless.15 a.m. on Friday, a freight train ran over Ms. Singh’s spouse, who along with 3 villagers from Maman and sever