Odisha man who once walked carrying wife’s body strikes it rich

Kalahandi, December 8 : Dana Majhi, the “helpless” tribal man from Odisha who last year walked for 10 km carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders, for he had no money to pay for an ambulance or a vehicle, now owns a house and a motorbike.
The turnaround in Majhi’s fortunes came after the video clips of last year’s incident shook the nation’s conscience.
After hitting the headlines, the Kalahandi resident, who has remarried, got a house allotted to him under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Awas Yojana that is under construction.
He even got financial aid from donors, including Rs 9 lakh from Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. He did not have a bank account earlier, but now has sizeable fixed deposits.
Majhi’s three daughters get free education at a residential school in Bhubaneshwar.