From Kashmir to Kanyakumari people pay tributes to CDS

Story by  Aasha Khosa | Posted by  Aasha Khosa • 2 Years ago
A Kashmiri paying tribute to Gen Rawat at the Line of Control in Kupwara (Twitter)
A Kashmiri paying tribute to Gen Rawat at the Line of Control in Kupwara (Twitter)

 

New Delhi

Indian from kashmir to Kanyakumari are paying tributes to general Bipin Rawat and 12 others who died in a chopper crash near Ooty on Wednesday. Social media is agog with videos of pictures of citizens paying tributes to Chief of Army Staff, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other Military personnel who died in air crash

The most moving scenes came from Tamil Nadu’s small town Sulur where the locals showered flower petals as ambulances carrying the mortal remains of CDS Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel who died in the Coonoor Helicopter Crash, leave for Sulur airbase from Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district.

People were raising slogans Anna Veera (Big brother), and Veera Vanakkam (Salute to the bravehearts) some women were crying and praying with folded hands and citizens lined up the street from where ambulances carrying the coffins of all 13 persons killed in the accident were moving towards the air base.

Sid Betzler posted from Kanyakumari a heart warming imade of a big picture of Gen Rawat that was placed in city Square and paople paying floral tributes 

In Srinagar, a group of local youth lighted candles in remembrance of Gen Rawat and 12 others killed in the Conoor air crash at Ghantaghar, Lal Chowk.

Kashmiri youth also held candlelight marches in the border areas in memory of ganeral rawat and others and shared the videos on Twitter:

Another post on youth paying tributes to Gen Rawat in Kupwara:

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