Vadodara mourns plane crash victims, five cremated
Vadodara: A pall of gloom descended on Vadodara city as the bodies of five victims of the Ahmedabad airplane crash were cremated on Sunday. The authorities handed them to the family after their DNAs matched on Saturday.
Three of these victims were residents of the Manjalpur area. The body of Kalpana Prajapati was brought to the city at 7 am on Sunday. "Her elder son arrived from the UK on Saturday evening. The final rituals were conducted, and Prajapati's body was cremated in the Manjalpur crematorium in the presence of her family, relatives, and friends," said Tejal Rana, Prajapati's friend. Hundreds turned up at her funeral. Prajapati delayed her visit to the UK as she wanted to travel with her sister-in-law.
She boarded the June 12 flight alone as her sister-in-law's visa was rejected.
Narendra Panchal and his wife Usha, residents of Manjalpur, were also travelling on the fateful flight to meet their son in the UK. Their final rites were conducted on Sunday.
Another victim, Alcena Macwan, had travelled to the city from London to meet her parents who stay in the Nizampura area. She was returning by the ill-fated flight AI 171.
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Her cremation was done in the presence of her family and community leaders.
The body of Anju Sharma, a resident of the Samta area, was also brought to the city on Sunday and final rites were performed. "It's a difficult moment for the victims of all the families as they couldn't even see their loved ones for one last time," said a family member.
The Vadodara district administration said that they have deployed 21 liaison officers and 22 doctors to coordinate with the victims' family members and facilitate the final rites. Four officials were sent to Ahmedabad civil hospital to coordinate with the family members of the victims who have reached there to receive the mortal remains.
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