The children of the Australian-Indian couple, who died in a road accident in India, returned to Adelaide. The family of four, Hemam ‘Hems’ Baradar (40), Rama (35) Bhavagna (9) and Palvith (6), landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport last week, and they hired a taxi to Reddygudem, their native village.
When they were on their way to their native village, they met with an accident. The husband and wife were killed, and their two children were seriously hurt.
Both the kids had been recovering from their injuries at a hospital in India. The children who returned to Australia were accompanied by their new full-time guardians, Miriam and Sam Kaladari, who were close friends of the deceased parents in Adelaide.
As they arrived through the gates at Adelaide airport, the children were welcomed with loud cheers by members of the Indian community in Adelaide, who were waiting with gifts, reported NRI Affairs from Adelaide.
Earlier, Indian communities in Adelaide and worldwide have raised over 200,000 dollars to help the surviving kids. Telugu Association of South Australia made all the arrangements and association Secretary Sivaji Ganesh Pathuri said: “We want to bring them here and give them the facilities and education their parents had dreamed of. We shall try to get their grandparents a visa so that they can live with the kids and take care of them. Hemam and Rajitha served their community. We owe this to them,” he said.
