Air India Airplane Crash: Ex Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani To Be Cremated Immediately In Rajkot With Full State Honours | India Information
New Delhi: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who misplaced his life within the tragic Air India airplane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, can be cremated in Rajkot later right now with full state honours.
The Tricolour is being delivered to the Civil Hospital mortuary in Ahmedabad to be draped over his mortal stays. Round 2,000 kilograms of flowers can be used to embellish the hearse van that can carry the physique of the previous Chief Minister.
Rupani was among the many 241 who died when the London-bound Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed shortly after takeoff, colliding with a health care provider’s hostel advanced close to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport. His identification was confirmed by DNA testing, hospital authorities stated, hospital officers stated.
In line with officers, Rupani’s mortal stays can be acquired from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital at 11:30 am and transported to Rajkot by air, the place it’s anticipated to reach by 2 pm. The ultimate rites are scheduled to be carried out at 5 pm.
Dr Rajneesh Patel, Extra Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, knowledgeable that Rupani was among the many 80 crash victims whose identities had been confirmed by DNA testing. To date, 33 our bodies have been handed over to households.
The state authorities and hospital authorities continued their efforts to establish the deceased by DNA testing.
He added that the kin of two extra victims had been anticipated to reach Monday night time, whereas 13 households had been scheduled to gather the our bodies on Tuesday. For 21 victims, members of the family would take the our bodies after additional consultations.
Within the case of 11 victims, their kin had been additionally among the many crash victims, and the our bodies can be launched as soon as the remaining DNA matches had been accomplished.
To date, the our bodies of victims have been returned to households in a number of areas, as 12 victims from Ahmedabad, 5 from Baroda, 4 from Mehsana, 4 from Anand, two from Kheda, two from Bharuch, one from Udaipur, one from Jodhpur, one from Botad and the final one from Aravalli.
Dr Patel highlighted that the state authorities had assigned a particular staff for every deceased individual’s household: a senior officer, a police official, and knowledgeable counsellor.
These groups had been answerable for supporting the households emotionally and logistically by the identification and handover course of.
Because the identification course of continued, authorities assured every physique can be handed over with full respect and dignity.
In the meantime, within the Ahmedabad airplane crash, out of the 242 individuals concerned, the only real survivor, Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British nationwide of Indian origin, is at present present process therapy for his accidents.
Moreover, at the very least 33 others, together with native residents and MBBS college students, misplaced their lives on the bottom.
