Large Scale Accident In Saudi Arabia Kills dozens of Indians.
Reference to Hindustan Times.The accident involving a diesel tanker vehicle and a passenger bus in the region around the Saudi Indian city of Madinah killed Indian pilgrims in Umrah who were at least 42 in number. The Telangana government established that it is working closely with the Indian Embassy in Riyadh since the officials are attempting to establish the victims identities.
Most of the Victims were believed to be the ones of Hyderabad.
According to the preliminary reports, the number of victims was 16 people of Hyderabad, and particularly the inhabitants of the Bazarghat neighbourhood, Mallepalli. Telangana IT minister D. Sridhar Babu said that the names were yet to be verified and that they have already begun making contacts with the affected families.
The incidental crash was about 1: 30 am IST in Mufrihat, nearly 160 km of Madinah. The bus had 43 passengers and police believe that only one survived.
Umrah pilgrims were fresh out of Mecca.
The group was also out of Hyderabad according to relatives, and had travelled on November 9. They were heading to Mecca to carry out Umrah prayers and were heading back to Madinah when the accident occurred. They had booked the Al Meena and Al Mecca Travels that are situated in Nampally.
Indian Government Takes a Boost.
External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar was enraged and felt sympathetic with the families who had lost their loved ones. He determined that the Embassy at Riyadh and the Consulate at Jeddah are very much cooperative and they are in contact with Saudi authorities.
Indian consulate in Jeddah has also developed 24×7 help line to aid the families that need any information.
Toll-Free Number: 8002440003
On the Stepping In by the Telangana Government.
Chief minister Revanth Reddy asked high ranking officials, Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao and DGP Shivadhar Reddy to prepare the right information of the Telangana residents on board. To support the families, the state has developed a control room at the Secretariat to centralize updates.
The Resident Commissioner gaurav Uppal in Delhi has also been requested to maintain a close contact with the Ministry of External Affairs and verify the information.
Hyderabad MP wants Swift Action.
The chief of AIMIM and Hyderabad member of parliament Asaduddin Owais lamented that the Centre should act immediately. He even discussed the matter with the authorities at the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and gave him information about the travel which were forwarded to two agencies based in Hyderabad.
Owaisi demanded the Union Government to hand back different entities as well as treat the survivors urgently.
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