Governor orders airlifting of pilgrims’ bodies to Bihar

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 16: Governor,  N. N. Vohra, who is also Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, ordered that the dead bodies of  the seven Amarnathji Yatris who lost their lives in the bus accident at Ramban yesterday should be sent by air to Darbhanga, Bihar.
On the Governor’s instructions, the Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, Navin K. Choudhary, asked the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Pradeep Gupta, and Additional Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Dr. Mandeep K. Bhandari, to coordinate and make all necessary arrangements in this regard and debit the expense to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board.
Dr. Bhandari has also been directed to provide all other essential assistance to the kith and kin of the bereaved families.