India, Oct. 6 -- Villagers in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district had to carry the body of an 80-year-old woman on their shoulders for nearly six kilometres to reach her village, after a road damaged during the monsoon remained closed.

Parma Devi, a resident of Tina Gularwala village in Dhageda panchayat of Nahan subdivision's Dharti Dhar area, died while undergoing treatment at PGI Chandigarh on Sunday, October 5. Her body was brought by vehicle from Chandigarh to the main road connecting Dharti Dhar and Rama Dhageda. With the road ahead to Tina Gularwala closed, villagers tied the body to a pole and carried it on their shoulders for about six kilometres over a rough, uneven route to reach the village, before taking it to the local crem...