I got a new house constructed for her,” he said. We moved in to a plot of agricultural land outside the village. Later I took her to Aligarh Medical College where the doctors told me that she was suffering from throat cancer and had no strength to bear the effects of chemotherapy. “The doctors initially treated my wife for an ear ailment and could not find any traces of throat cancer. The idea of the monument, Qadri claims, came to him while he and his wife were once wondering if anyone would ever remember them after their death.So I should do this on my own,” he added. This is my personal endeavour for my late wife and embodies my love for her. A number of people have offered me money that I have refused to accept so far. However, work has mostly been held up due to finances as marble costs are high. The structure is built on my own land and I have also tried to plant some trees around it and have a small water body at the back side of the building. “Asgar prepared the dome and constructed the four ‘minars’ around the central building, which is a little more than 27-feet in height.A total of Rs 11 lakh was spent, but now I have to get marble studded on the monument and also to build a lush green park around it, both of which is likely to cost me another Rs 6-7 lakh,” Qadri said.Īfter his wife’s death, Qadri buried her on his agricultural land, and then later began the construction. “Initially, I sold a piece of land for Rs 6 lakh and my wife’s gold and silver jewellery for Rs 1.5 lakh and got the ‘makbara’ (mausoleum) constructed with the help of a local mason named Asgar. Three years later, the construction came to a halt as the grieving man had no finances left to complete the most treasured gift for his late wife.
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