Latest news with #RoohiMehrin
United News of India
19 hours ago
- United News of India
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. UNI DS BM
Time of India
a day ago
- Health
- Time of India
Bodies of Kenya bus accident victims to be brought to Kochi today
T'puram: The bodies of five Keralites who died in a bus accident in Kenya will be brought to Nedumbassery airport on a Qatar Airways flight at 8.45am on Sunday . The bodies of Muvattupuzha native Jasna, 29, her daughter Roohi Mehrin (one-and-a-half-years-old), Thiruvalla native Geetha Shoji Isaac, 58, Palakkad Mannur native Riya Ann, 41, and her daughter Tyra Rodrigues, 7, will be brought to Kochi. Only a few hours before the flight from Kenya to Qatar, the travel agency authorities informed that the yellow fever vaccine certificate was mandatory, causing concerns about delays in bringing the bodies home. Members of the Loka Kerala Sabha in Kenya sought urgent intervention and informed Norka Roots, following which the state govt held discussions with the Union health ministry. After chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan intervened, the central govt granted a special exemption from the health precaution requiring a yellow fever vaccine certificate for the bodies and their accompanying relatives to enter India. Norka Roots will receive the bodies on behalf of the state govt and will transport them to their homes. The tourist bus carrying a group of 28 Indians on a sightseeing trip met with an accident around 7pm on June 9 . They had come from Qatar for sightseeing. The bus fell into a ravine on the way to Nyahururu Thomson Falls from Nakuru County. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
