bj88 Georgia Tragedy Heaps Misery On Families In Punjab

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For Sameer, a 26-year-old promising young man from Khanna, Punjab, December 14 was meant to be a special day in his life. But his family members trying to wish him over phone were left saddened.

It was a similar case with Gagandeep Singh, 24, another youth from the Ghal Kala village in Moga district. His father Gurmukh Singh, who had raised a loan of Rs five lakh to send him to Georgia four months ago, is heart-broken. Gagandeep has been the sole breadwinner for an aging family, including his grandfather.

34-year old Ravinder Singh and his wife Gurvinder Kaur, 29, of Sangrur district, living in Georgia since 2023, could not celebrate their wedding anniversary on December 17.Their families are instead struggling with loss and grief in Punjab. Ravinder’s father Amrik Singh is bed-ridden, in complete shock and dismay.

These are some of the nine families of Punjab whose kin were among the 11 Indians who died at a Georgia restaurant, reportedly due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

The tragedy, says Sukhjinder Singh, a travel agent at Moga, is the worst to strike Punjab families who have sent their kin abroad to work for a because life or due to lack of employment opportunities in the state.

Sameer had moved to Georgia only five months back .This was his first birthday away from home. He was working at Haveli Indian restaurant in Gudauri, Georgia. The restaurant is located at the Georgia-Russia border.

His family members, unaware of the tragedy, had made frantic calls over his phone and flashed messages of greetings. All went unanswered the whole day. It was only when they got the number of the restaurant owner and contacted him the next day that they got the tragic news.

Gurmukh Singh,50, father of Gagandeep Singh is finding it hard to come to terms with unimaginable grief in the family. He had, earlier, lost his younger son and later his wife too. Now, the poor landless farmer is left struggling with profound sorrow and without anyone to care for him.

Others who died are Ravinder Kumar ,45, from Jalandhar; Harwinder Singh,27, from Mansa; Varinder Singh,33, from Patiala; Sandeep Singh,34, from Tarn Taran; Maninder Kaur ,32, from Mansa; .

Sandeep Singh had taken a loan of Rs 6 lakh to head to Georgia. His father Balwant Singh says he can’t imagine how destiny has hit home so hard. Most of the families are making appeals to the government to get the bodies back for performing their last rites back home in Punjab. 

Ravinder Kala, a native of Kot Ramdas near Jalandhar, had been working abroad for the past seven years. He could not return all these years and his only contact with wife and kids had been through video calls. His family remembers him as a very hard working son who was struggling to make ends meet.

Ravinder had initially worked in Dubai for four years and shifted to Georgia in 202. He is survived by his wife Kanchan, two daughters and a son.

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The tragedy has struck hard to elderly couple Sahib Singh and Javeer Kaur of Mehman village near Rajpura, who lost their daughter Amrinder Kaur, 32, and daughter-in-law Maninder Kaur, 28, were among 11 persons who lost their lives. Amarinder Kaur had been working in Georgia since 2015.  

As the families struggle with the lossbj88, Amritsar MP ‎Gurjeet Singh Aujla has asked the centre to help families to bring the mortal remains of the Georgia incident back home.