Hoshiarpur, Sept. 23 -- A month after an LPG tanker blast claimed seven lives and damaged multiple shops and residences in Mandiala village, residents are struggling to come to terms with the tragedy. Though the government has released compensation for kin of the deceased, the assessment of damage to property is still going on. Dilbir Singh, a truck driver, who lost both his parents in the massive fire that engulfed their house after the blast, reveals that for days on, he was not able to move the cots on which his parents died. "Just the sight of those charred cots was traumatising - a constant reminder of how they were burnt alive," he says. Grieving, Dilbir is trying to clean up the house as he has nowhere else to go. Another resident, Jagdish Chander, whose father was burnt alive while sleeping on the top floor of his medical store, says it's not easy but he is trying to rebuild the shop which had perished in the blast. Brothers Gurmukh Singh and Jaswinder Singh are also struggling to clear the rubble their shops were reduced to, hoping to restart work. Gurmukh, who had sustained critical burn injuries and remained hospitalised for several days, says, "Even now, as night befalls, memories of the tragedy resurface." DC Aashika Jain had ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident. "As per law, we informed the chief controller of explosives safety organisation. We are awaiting a response from their office," she said....