Hoshiarpur groom keeps promise, rides tractor-trolley on flooded road to marry his bride in Jalandhar village

“We had to shift the groom and the ‘baraatis’ on a tractor-trolley as cars could not enter the village. We had no other option despite some people taking it in a bad sense,” groom Kaka Sandhu told The Indian Express, “Many of our relatives could not attend the wedding due to the flood.”

Kaka said, “A wedding is such an occasion that it cannot be cancelled or delayed. But, when the weather allowed us to solemnise it, we did it and everything went well. It was a different experience despite all the odds.”

“Some people shared my video on social media, and I am getting bad comments. I don’t know what wrong I have done?” Kaka asked.

The groom’s relatives said, “As it has been raining so heavily since August 31, we were not sure whether the wedding would take place. But on September 3, the rain stopped and the wedding was solemnised. We perform all rituals.”

Kaka, however, said he is for the loss people suffered during the floods, “but some events have to take place despite all odds”.

After the wedding, the bride and groom returned home the same way — crossing floodwaters on the trolley.

In Hoshiarpur, floods hit 121 villages, 1,966 people and claimed seven lives. According to the district administration, crops in 5,971 hectares were damaged.

The administration reported that 32 houses, including two pucca houses, have been completely destroyed, while 24 more suffered severe damage. Two cattle sheds were also washed away.

Deputy Commissioner Aashika Jain said people would be compensated.

Meanwhile, the water level in the Pong dam rose to 1,394.32 feet, above the danger mark of 1,390 feet, on Wednesday evening, with an inflow of 1.40 lakh cusecs. The outflow into the Shah Canal barrage stood at about 80,000 cusecs.

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