Srinagar, Feb 1, KDC: Bodies of two persons, from Karnah and Tangdhar, were on Thursday dispatched towards their native places, after being kept in mortuary at District Hospital Handwara amid blockade of roads in the respective areas in the aftermath of heavy snowfall.
An official told news agency KDC that the district administration responding to the appeal of bereaved family members, asking for shifting of bodies to their native places, provided ambulance services’ to assist the bereaved families.
“The ambulances had crossed Sadhna and were nearing to Nachiyan”, he said, adding it is presumed the bodies may reach their native places by or before 1:00 AM.
The bereaved family members, before leaving for respective stations, extended their gratitude to District Administration and management at DH Handwara for the extension of ambulance services.
Earlier, as reported by Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that bodies of two persons; Haji Qalandar Mir (65), resident of Dildar Karnah and Alamdin Khattana (60), resident of Dragad Tangdhar were kept in the hospital mortuary for last few days.
Earlier, the bereaved families had sought the assistance of administration to ferry back the bodies to their respective places so that last rights could be performed at the earliest. (KDC)
