Mumbai: Condoling the death of 41 people from Jalgaon district in a bus accident on Friday in Nepal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde informed he spoke to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on bringing back the bodies. The bodies will be brought back to Nashik on Saturday in an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, said a statement issued from the Chief Minister’s office.
Shinde has been maintaining frequent contact with representatives of the central authorities and the state Department of Relief and Rehabilitation, ensuring a coordinated and effective relief effort.
“Home Minister Amit Shah responded to my request immediately for transporting the bodies of the people who died in the accident, and he had assured to provide all the necessary assistance to the state. The Home Minister has told me that a special officer has been appointed for the coordination,” said Shinde.
He said that an Air Force plane would transport the bodies from Nepal to Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, and then to Nashik.
According to state government sources, 104 devotees from Rangaon, Pimpalgaon, and Talvel villages in Bhusawal taluka of Jalgaon district were on a pilgrimage from August 16 to August 28 in three luxury buses, one of which plunged into the Marsyangdi river in Nepal’s Tanahun district on Friday.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said: “The state government has immediately contacted the Nepal Embassy, and the Collector of Jalgaon is in constant contact with the Collector of Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh on the Nepal border.
“A sub-divisional officer, along with the deputy superintendent of police, will go to the Nepal border. Our officials are in constant touch to provide immediate medical facilities to the injured. We are in touch with the Uttar Pradesh government to bring the bodies of the deceased to Maharashtra in coordination with the Nepal government. The Maharashtra Disaster Management Unit has also been instructed to coordinate, and Ministers Girish Mahajan and Anil Patil are also in constant contact,” he added.
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–IANS
