Shops in the Nilgiris shut for a day as homage to crash victims
The Hindu
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All shops and businesses in the Nilgiris were closed down as a mark of respect after the demise of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, wife and 11 others, in a helicopter crash in Kattery, near Coonoor, on Wednesday.
Almost all shops and businesses remained closed till 6 p.m., while autorickshaws and taxis too stayed off the roads on Friday. All shops in the Ooty and Coonoor municipal markets were shut, and footfall in the town was at a minimum. Pictures of General Rawat were also plastered across many parts of the town and many people garlanded the posters.
On Friday, Tamil Nadu Director General of Police C. Sylendra Babu also visited the settlement of Nanjappan Sathiram in Kattery, Coonoor, and praised the residents for their efforts to pull people out from the wreckage.
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