CDS Bipin Rawat helicopter crash: 25,000 shops in Nilgiris shut as mark of respect

In Coonoor, the Federation’s President R Parameswaran led the public and merchants in paying floral and candlelight homage at a specially created pavilion at VP Street.

The remains of the IAF chopper with CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and defence assistants that crashed between Coimbatore and Sulur. (Photo | ANI)

COONOOR: Nearly 25,000 shops in the Nilgiris district remained closed from 6 am to 6 pm on Friday as a mark of respect to the 13 lives lost in Wednesday’s helicopter crash, said Secretary of Federation of Merchants’ Associations M A Raheem.

In Coonoor, the Federation’s President R Parameswaran led the public and merchants in paying floral and candlelight homage at a specially created pavilion at VP Street. People stood in queues and paid homage in many places across the district