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Meanwhile, the Chief Minister told reporters at the
Government general hospital at Kochi that arrangements have
been made to transport the embalmed bodies of the victims
would be flown to their respective states.
The body of four-year-old girl Sai Manasi has been
airlifted to Hyderabad from Nedumbassery airport here.
24 bodies will be taken to Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,
Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai from Kochi. The bodies are
being embalmed at the Government General hospital and Amrita
hospital.
The Chief Minister had got in touch with the Prime
Minister's office and the Defence Minister for getting
permission for using the IAF plane, Union Minister of state
for Agriculture K V Thomas said. PTI TKK
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