The room is vast, cold and the stench of death hangs in the air.

Behind a plywood partition are rows upon rows of empty body bags.

 

Sanitation workers are sweeping the water that's melted from countless blocks of ice.

This is where the bodies of the dead from the worst crash this century have been brought to.

It is a chilling and unforgettable scene.

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Harish Patel has watched as streams of victims were brought into the makeshift morgue in his NOCCI Business Park - the only place large enough to temporarily house the dead.

 

Horrible tragedy my condolences to the families and friends of the bereaved ????