Shops in Nilgiris to remain closed on 10 Dec in honour of CDS Bipin Rawat

Nilgiris, December 10: Mourning the tragic death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, the shopkeepers in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu have announced that all shops in the region will remain closed on Friday, December 10.

 

The Federation of Merchants’ Associations of Nilgiris district announced that every single shop in the district will remain closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. MA Raheem, Secretary of Federation of Merchants’ Associations, said, “We will close shops in honour of the services done by them for the nation.”

 

The merchant’s union made the decision to shut all shops on Friday as a mark of respect to the deceased in the IAF helicopter crash.

 

Confirming the decision, MA Raheem, said that the shops in the district will remain shut to honour the services done by the defense personnel for the country. Ever since the tragic accident, many have come forward to pay their tribute to CDS Bipin Rawat and the other defence personnel.

 

 

 

CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 other defence personnel lost their lives in Coonoor on Wednesday, in a tragic IAF chopper crash. In a tragic event, a Mi5-V17 chopper carrying General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 12 more flying from the Sulur Air Force Base to Wellington, crashed in the Upper Coonoor region of Tamil Nadu.

 

The IAF aircraft with the mortal remains of 13 bodies who died in a chopper crash near Tamil Nadu's Coonoor, reached the Palam Airbase in Delhi on the evening of December 9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached the Palam Airbase and paid tribute to the departed.

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