DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on 14
th Jan 2017 lauded the Indigo airlines’ decision to be part of "Aakhri Aahuti" initiative.
The initiative is to fly “mortal remains” of people from the Northeast free of cost to their native places.
The Vice President of Indigo Airlines, Vikram Chona personally called on Dr Jitendra Singh here and formally handed over a letter from the President of Indigo, Aditya Ghosh
From Delhi, Indigo is currently operating to Guwahati, Agartala, Dibrugarh, Dimapur and Imphal.
When Indigo starts operations to other destinations in North East, the same facility, free of cost, shall be provided on those routes as well.
The first such, free of charge, facility was provided to a Manipur native living in Delhi who passed away and his mortal remains were flown to Imphal.
Those from NE States residing in Delhi often faced a very unfortunate situation whenever there was a death in the family.
Due to financial restrictions, the relatives of the deceased were often unable to take the dead body to their native place in North East.
As a result, he said the last rites of several such deceased persons had to be carried out in Delhi itself by compulsion.
Indigo was lauded for its role in PPP (Public Private Partnership) model with the Government and private sectors jointly offering services to citizens at different levels and in different situations.
