Bhubaneswar: The bodies of two people from Odisha who died in the Kuwait fire reached Bhubaneswar on Saturday morning.
Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh Deo and Parvati Parida received the bodies of Muhammad Zahoor and Santosh Kumar Gowda at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here and paid floral tributes.
The bodies were later taken to their native villages where their family members would perform the last rites.
Expressing condolences to the bereaved families, Singh Deo said that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of the deceased.
Parida said, “It is extremely sad that two very young Oriyas, who had gone to another country for their livelihood, lost their lives in a devastating fire incident. This may create fear among the Oriya people living in other countries But, I want to tell that our government is and will always be there for every Odia.”
Pro Tem Speaker Ranendra Pratap Swain, Minister Prithviraj Harichandan and Health Secretary Shalini Pandit also paid tribute to the departed souls.
Earlier, the Chief Minister expressed grief over the death of two natives of Odisha in the fire incident.
Gowda was a resident of Ranajahalli village in Purosottampur block of Ganjam district, while Zahoor was a native of Karadapalli village under Tigiriya police station area of Cuttack district.
They were working for a private company and were living in a seven-storey apartment building in Mangaf, southern Kuwait, where the fire broke out on Wednesday morning.
Zahoor's family members said that he had been married for only two years and his wife was seven months pregnant. He was working in Kuwait since 2017 and had come to his village only a month ago.
Similarly, Gowda had gone to his village in March and returned to Kuwait in April.
Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh Deo and Parvati Parida received the bodies of Muhammad Zahoor and Santosh Kumar Gowda at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here and paid floral tributes.
The bodies were later taken to their native villages where their family members would perform the last rites.
Expressing condolences to the bereaved families, Singh Deo said that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of the deceased.
Parida said, “It is extremely sad that two very young Oriyas, who had gone to another country for their livelihood, lost their lives in a devastating fire incident. This may create fear among the Oriya people living in other countries But, I want to tell that our government is and will always be there for every Odia.”
Pro Tem Speaker Ranendra Pratap Swain, Minister Prithviraj Harichandan and Health Secretary Shalini Pandit also paid tribute to the departed souls.
Earlier, the Chief Minister expressed grief over the death of two natives of Odisha in the fire incident.
Gowda was a resident of Ranajahalli village in Purosottampur block of Ganjam district, while Zahoor was a native of Karadapalli village under Tigiriya police station area of Cuttack district.
They were working for a private company and were living in a seven-storey apartment building in Mangaf, southern Kuwait, where the fire broke out on Wednesday morning.
Zahoor's family members said that he had been married for only two years and his wife was seven months pregnant. He was working in Kuwait since 2017 and had come to his village only a month ago.
Similarly, Gowda had gone to his village in March and returned to Kuwait in April.
