Kenya road accident: Bodies of five Malayalees to be brought on Sunday
Kochi, June 15 (UNI) The bodies of five Keralites who died in a bus accident in Nehru, Kenya, will be brought to Nedumbassery Airport on a Qatar Airways flight at 8.45 am on Sunday.
The bodies of Muvattupuzha native Jasna (29), her daughter Roohi Mehrin (one and a half years old), Mavelikkara Cherukol native Geetha Shoji Isaac (58), Palakkad Mannur native Riya Ann (41), and her daughter Tyra Rodrigues (7) will be brought.
Following the swift intervention of the Chief Minister, the central government has granted a special exemption to the health precaution requirement of requiring a yellow vaccine certificate for entry into India for mortal remains brought from Kenya and their accompanying relatives.
Norka Roots will receive the mortal remains on behalf of the state government. From here, the mortal remains will be taken to their homes. The relatives of the deceased will also be with them on the flight.
On June 9, a tourist bus carrying a group of 28 Indians met with an accident. They had come from Qatar for tourism. The accident took place in Nehru, 150 km from Nairobi. The bus they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ravine.
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