Bhaskar reporter spent the night at the place where there was fear of snake. Fear of snake…Children sleeping under the sky at night: No sleep in the eyes; Women are keeping guard outside the house and men in the streets – Hapur News

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This village is Sadarpur of Hapur district, where 3 people died due to snake bite. 4 remained hospitalized. There is such fear in the village regarding the snake, which no one has seen till now. Forest department officers and employees are awake the whole night. People are guarding with sticks. The snake charmers are also camping in the village.

Dainik Bhaskar The team spent the night of 26 October in this village. Understood the whole situation. Felt those moments of terror while living among the villagers. Read the ground report…

Sleeping children and women sitting outside the house are keeping guard.

Poonam (29), her two children Sakshi (11) and Tanishk (10) were bitten by a snake in the village on the night of 21 October. All three had died. After this, panic spread in the village regarding the snake. The forest department has sent snake charmers to the village. At the same time, 10 to 12 families have left the village and gone to relatives. Those who remained spent their nights in fear of the snake.

20 Forest Department employees deployed, doing duty shift-wise We reached this village on the night of 26 October and stayed till 4 in the morning. It would be 8 o’clock at night when we reached the village. The Deputy Ranger of the Forest Department was sitting on a chair in an empty plot in Jatav Basti. He was waiting for the shift change. Forest Range Officer Karan Singh said – A total of 20 Forest Department employees are deployed in the village. 5-6 people are on duty in one shift. In this way we are keeping an eye on the village 24 hours.

Every now and then they roam around the streets and try to find snakes with their equipment. We have installed three big lights at three prominent places in the village, so that there is no darkness. We have distributed pamphlets among the people for awareness. It is written in these that how can one protect against snake bite?

Police and forest department teams deployed in the village at night.

We can’t sleep because of fear Getting up from here, we proceeded through the streets of the village. On the way we found Usha Devi sitting outside our house. We asked – Why are you sitting outside so late at night? On this she says- We spend the whole night like this. Sometimes inside the house, sometimes outside. I feel so much fear. The snake is visible only at night, not during the day. Because of this fear we are not able to sleep. The children are scared. Even the elders are scared. They have safely sent the children to their relatives.

Leaving two houses in the same street, about 7-8 villagers were found sitting on cots on cots outside the house. He said – Our nights have been passing like this for the last 7 days. The fear of snakes is such that no one can sleep. No one can sleep. We all keep talking among ourselves the whole night, so that the night passes comfortably.

Children and women sleeping collectively under a neem tree At 10.30 pm we reached the road next to the Ambedkar statue in Jatav Basti. There is a neem tree here. More than 20 cots were lying beneath it. Most of the children and women were lying on them or talking among themselves. Only two-four children might have been sleeping, everyone else was awake. All of them sleep collectively under this tree every day for the last 4 days. Now the cold has increased. Drops of dew also fall at night. Therefore, a tent cloth has been placed under the tree, so that dew does not drip. A tent merchant from the village has made its arrangements free of cost.

Village children sleeping at a place under the open sky.

Brother, we are scared, tell us where to go? Why are you people leaving your homes and sleeping under the open sky? In response to this, Angoori Devi sitting on a cot says – Brother, we are scared. 3 died, 3 ate. Tell me where to go? When this happens, the neighborhood will be empty. Policemen also keep guard throughout the night. Media people also come daily. The snake is still not being caught. Don’t dare to sleep at home. That’s why they stay here in the open with their children. Now you tell me what should we do? It’s been 7 days.

If my daughter-in-law and son go away, if I also go away, who will provide fodder to the animals? Rakesh, another elderly woman sitting here, said – due to fear of snakes, half of the children have gone somewhere else from the village. Now tell me whether to work or pay attention here. This fear is not helping. Festivals have come to a head. Children are not able to enter inside the house due to fear. Therefore, we are forced to put cots here and sleep with everyone. Snakes bite inside the house, so we ran outside. Now where should we go after running away from here? My son, daughter-in-law and her children have also left the house and gone out. I have stayed in the village to take care of the animals. If I go away, who will provide fodder to the animals?

The one who was bitten by the snake said – still feeling weak Poonam returned to her home around 11 pm. Actually, he was bitten by a snake on the night of 25 October. Treatment took place at Meerut Medical College. The family members have now returned home after taking leave. Husband Ajab Singh says- The situation is already fine, but the wife is still very scared.

Here we found another person who was bitten by a snake 3 days ago. He did not reveal his name, but definitely narrated the entire incident. He told- I was sleeping on the floor inside the house. Someone bit me near my ear at night. I immediately felt an electric shock. When I lashed out with my hand, something like a snake got snatched away from my hand and went away. Then he didn’t even show up. After this I started vomiting. There was darkness before the eyes. Started feeling dizzy. Immediately I was taken to the doctor. Now my condition is fine, but I am feeling very weak.

Lights have been installed at various places in the village.

By whatever means, just get the snake caught… It was half past one in the night. Some youths of the village were keeping guard with sticks in their hands. He said that we keep an eye on whether any snake is roaming in the streets. The sound of the guard wakes up the people sleeping inside the house and remains alert. This sequence of guarding keeps changing and continues till 3:30 in the morning. After this, people in the village start waking up from their sleep on their own. Since I kept roaming among the villagers at different points throughout the night and keeping an eye on the atmosphere.

The villagers thought that I was from outside, how would I be able to adjust here. So he got a cot installed for me. Arrangements for food and drinks were also made. Well, I stayed in this village till 4.30 in the morning and then left from there. While leaving, the villagers were just saying that by whatever means, get the snake caught.

CMO said- All three died due to snake bite The people of the village are saying that till now there have been 3 deaths due to snake bites. Postmortem of all three was done. What was the cause of death? To know this, we talked to Dr. Sunil Tyagi, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Hapur district. He told- In the postmortem report, the cause of death of all three has been found to be snake bite. There were marks of snake bite on the bodies of all three.

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