Couple turns an aluminum cooking pot into a makeshift boat
Thiruvananthapuram:
Amidst the sad news of 23 deaths due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Kerala, there is some heartwarming news from the southern state – the story of a young couple who let the weather spoil the details of their wedding or ceremony. refused to delay. .
The resourceful couple – Aishwarya and Akash – converted a large aluminum cooking vessel into a boat to reach their wedding venue (itself partially flooded) at Thalavadi in Alappuzha district.
The couple got married this morning in a small ceremony attended by a limited number of relatives.
“It was an auspicious time ( Auspicious beginning:) and we just wanted to get married,” a family member told reporters after videos of the unusual wedding ‘baraat’ were widely shared online.
One video shows the couple sitting inside a makeshift boat while some men push them on the streets in knee-deep water.
Akash turns back and looks at the person filming the scene and Aishwarya plays with a wide smile.
In another video, he is shown sitting with the family in front of the priest at the wedding venue.
Akash and Aishwarya are health workers at a hospital in Chengannur, Kerala
After the wedding the couple told reporters – who were covering the rising water level in the district but rushed to the hall when told about the wedding – that the guest list was small due to Covid.
Both husband and wife are health workers at a hospital in Chengannur.
He also told reporters that two days back when he was at the venue, there was no water.
Kerala has received heavy rains in the last three days, causing several landslides and horrifying scenes of roads being flooded from towns and villages.
The Pinarayi Vijayan government has requested assistance from the Army, Navy and Air Force, and teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed to help with rescue and relief operations.
Heavy rain is also reported from Northwest and East India. Tamil Nadu also received heavy rains, in which three people died yesterday; Two bodies have been found in Namakkal and one in Kanyakumari.
With input from PTI
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