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Business Standard
13 hours ago
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- Business Standard
Air India crash: Gujarat to assign grief counsellors for victims' families
The Gujarat government will assign grief counsellors to the families of victims of the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash to deal with the mental trauma, a senior official has said. As many as 230 teams have been formed to coordinate with families of the victims, Gujarat relief commissioner and revenue secretary Alok Pandey told reporters on Saturday. In order to avoid any administrative problem, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will issue a death certificate on the spot. The village patwari can then immediately issue a family relation card so that they do not face any inheritance issue, he said. Teams have been formed and assigned to individual families with a rank of a deputy collector or tehsildar rank officer. Bodies will be handed over to the families and taken in ambulance to the village or district with a police pilot, Pandey said. "A grief counsellor will be assigned to every family to deal with the mental trauma," Pandey said. The official said contact has been established with the families of 11 foreign nationals. Most of the foreigners killed in the plane crash are UK nationals. "One entire team has been set up for the foreign nationals. We have contacted the Deputy British Consul General. Our deputy collector-rank officer is in touch with them. The MEA (Ministry of External Affairs), Air India are in touch with them," Pandey said. All but one of the 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8(AI171) and another 29 persons, including five MBBS students, on the ground were killed when the aircraft came down on Thursday moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport before falling inside the nearby campus of the state-run BJ Medical College in Meghaninagar area and going up in flames.
Time of India
13 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
Grief counsellors to be assigned to kin of Ahmedabad plane crash victims
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The Gujarat government will assign grief counsellors to the families of victims of the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash to deal with the mental trauma, a senior official has many as 230 teams have been formed to coordinate with families of the victims, Gujarat relief commissioner and revenue secretary Alok Pandey told reporters on order to avoid any administrative problem, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will issue a death certificate on the spot. The village patwari can then immediately issue a family relation card so that they do not face any inheritance issue, he have been formed and assigned to individual families with a rank of a deputy collector or tehsildar rank officer. Bodies will be handed over to the families and taken in ambulance to the village or district with a police pilot, Pandey said."A grief counsellor will be assigned to every family to deal with the mental trauma," Pandey official said contact has been established with the families of 11 foreign of the foreigners killed in the plane crash are UK nationals "One entire team has been set up for the foreign nationals. We have contacted the Deputy British Consul General. Our deputy collector-rank officer is in touch with them. The MEA (Ministry of External Affairs), Air India are in touch with them," Pandey but one of the 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8(AI171) and another 29 persons, including five MBBS students, on the ground were killed when the aircraft came down on Thursday moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport before falling inside the nearby campus of the state-run BJ Medical College in Meghaninagar area and going up in flames.
Hindustan Times
15 hours ago
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- Hindustan Times
Grief counsellors to be assigned to kin of Ahmedabad plane crash victims: Official
Ahmedabad, The Gujarat government will assign grief counsellors to the families of victims of the Ahmedabad Air India plane crash to deal with the mental trauma, a senior official has said. As many as 230 teams have been formed to coordinate with families of the victims, Gujarat relief commissioner and revenue secretary Alok Pandey told reporters on Saturday. In order to avoid any administrative problem, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will issue a death certificate on the spot. The village patwari can then immediately issue a family relation card so that they do not face any inheritance issue, he said. Teams have been formed and assigned to individual families with a rank of a deputy collector or tehsildar rank officer. Bodies will be handed over to the families and taken in ambulance to the village or district with a police pilot, Pandey said. "A grief counsellor will be assigned to every family to deal with the mental trauma," Pandey said. The official said contact has been established with the families of 11 foreign nationals. Most of the foreigners killed in the plane crash are UK nationals. "One entire team has been set up for the foreign nationals. We have contacted the Deputy British Consul General. Our deputy collector-rank officer is in touch with them. The MEA , Air India are in touch with them," Pandey said. All but one of the 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8 and another 29 persons, including five MBBS students, on the ground were killed when the aircraft came down on Thursday moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport before falling inside the nearby campus of the state-run BJ Medical College in Meghaninagar area and going up in flames.
The Print
19 hours ago
- General
- The Print
Gujarat govt establishes contact with family of 11 foreigners killed in Air India crash
'There are 11 foreign nationals with whom we weren't able to connect, with whom we have established contact. They will be in Ahmedabad by tomorrow…they should all be here in two days. When they come, we will extend every support possible,' Pandey said. The government was until now struggling to establish contact with them, Alok Pandey, relief commissioner, told reporters at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. The government is coordinating with the British High Commission to ensure that the process for foreign nationals to identify the body of their loved ones is smooth. Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government Saturday said it has established contact with relatives of eleven foreign nationals who died after the Air India plane crashed in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff. He said the government has set up a dedicated team led by an officer of deputy collector rank to coordinate with the foreign nationals when they arrive in Ahmedabad. 'We are in touch with the deputy British consulate general also. We have established contact with her. Our officials are continuously in touch with them. Air India authorities and government of India are also continuously in touch with them,' Pandey said. An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashed in the Meghaninagar neighbourhood within minutes of taking off Thursday afternoon. The flight was carrying 242 people, including crew members. All but one passenger, a British national of Indian origin, died in the crash. The flight had 53 British passengers, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian—most of whom were of Indian origin. (Edited by Sanya Mathur) Also Read: 11 DNA matches 48 hrs after Air India crash: Process of releasing victims' bodies to families begins
India Gazette
20 hours ago
- Health
- India Gazette
Gujarat government begins handover of Air India crash victims' bodies, deploys 230 teams for support
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 14 (ANI): Following the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat government has started the process of handing over the victims' bodies to their families. State Emergency Commissioner Alok Pandey stated that the deceased are from 18 of Gujarat's 33 districts, with 230 teams deployed to support families during this process. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Pandey said that the administration has contacted families of all the victims and deployed 230 specialised teams to assist them. 'Out of 33 districts of Gujarat, the deceased belong to 18 different districts. We established contact with the family members and formed 230 teams. We have started handing over the bodies from today. The family member who has given the DNA sample should come with a photo ID card when they come to collect the body. If they cannot come, their close relative can come with proof that may establish the relation,' he said. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has established a streamlined system for issuing death certificates on the spot to expedite administrative formalities. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has created a system where death certificates will be provided immediately. The respective village accountant or 'Talati' will provide the family card immediately. For every family, an individual team has been formed to help them take the bodies to the respective hometowns. He also added, 'A grief counsellor has been appointed for each family to address the mental trauma. The families of the 11 foreign nationals have also been contacted, and they will arrive here by noon tomorrow. State government call centres are functional too address questions.' Meanwhile, the lone survivor of the recent Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad is in stable condition and recovering steadily, according to Civil Hospital authorities. Dr Rajnish Patel, Additional Medical Superintendent of Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, also spoke at the press conference, 'The lone survivor is fine and recovering rapidly. He is stable.' Providing details about the process of handing over the bodies to relatives, Dr. Patel explained that only after DNA verification will the bodies be released. 'Once a DNA match is confirmed, a representative from the hospital will contact the family member. They will be given a phone number, which they can use upon reaching the Civil Hospital. From there, they will be guided to the Medical Superintendent's office, where the body will be handed over following due procedure,' he said. Dr Patel urged families not to rush to the hospital and assured them that the authorities would inform them as soon as their loved one's DNA results are available. 'There is no need to panic or come prematurely. Everything is being managed in a step-by-step manner,' he added. On Thursday, the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was en route to London from Ahmedabad when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport, ramming into a doctors' hostel of BJ Medical College in the Meghani Nagar area in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. There were 242 people on board, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members. Of the passengers, 241 died in the crash. The lone survivor, identified as Vishwashkumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin, sustained injuries and is undergoing treatment. (ANI)
