Kuwait fire tragedy: Mortal remains of 31 Indians received at Kochi airport

The mortal remains of 31 Indians including 23 Malayalees who died in the Kuwait fire tragedy were received at the international airport in Kochi on Friday by Central and state ministers including Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who paid tributes to the deceasedAn Indian Air Force IAF flight carrying the mortal remains of 45 Indians who died in the tragic fire incident in Kuwait two days ago landed at the international airport at around 1030 amOf the 45 mortal remains carried by the IAF C30J aircraft 31 were received at the airport hereThe 31 bodies include 23 Keralites 7 Tamilians and one person from Karnataka officials saidVijayan speaking to reporters at the airport said that pravasis expatriates were the lifeline of Kerala and the deaths of so many Indian expatriates in the fire was a huge disaster for the countryThe CM also said that the incident was also a huge disaster for the expatriate communityIt is an unending loss for the families of the deceased The Kuwaiti government has taken strong and effective action following the incident and the Indian government intervened in a good wayMeasures need to be taken to prevent a recurrence of such an incident and it is hoped that the Kuwaiti government will take the requisite action for the same the CM saidHe also expressed hope that the Kuwaiti government would take the initiative to provide sufficient compensation to the families of the victimsFor this the Indian government should get in touch with the government in Kuwait to expedite the process as those who died there had gone there to earn a livelihood Any amount of help to the bereaved families may not be enough he saidMinister of State for Tourism and Petroleum Suresh Gopi who was at the airport to receive the mortal remains said that pravasis are held in high regard by the state and Centre for the hard work they put in while working abroadThe tragedy is very painful he saidThe CM paid tribute to the deceased by placing wreaths on their coffins while Gopi laid red roses to pay his last respectsUnion MoS for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh who accompanied the mortal remains on the IAF flight and Tamil Nadu Minister for Minorities Welfare and NonResident Tamils Welfare Gingee K S Masthan also paid tributes to the deceased at the Cochin airportA guard of honour was given by the police to the deceasedThe customs immigration and airport health office related process for the 45 bodies were done at CIAL itself the airport authorities saidAfter the 31 bodies were received at the airport the remaining 14 were sent to Delhi in the same aircraft as a domestic flight CIAL saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever