New Delhi: As tributes pour in for legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Mumbai at 4.15 pm on Sunday to pay his last respects to her.
The Prime Minister has already spoken to the singer’s family and expressed his condolences. Mangeshkar (92) passed away 28 days after hospitalisation due to multiple organ failure while undergoing COVID treatment.
The Centre has announced 2-day national mourning after her demise on Sunday at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. Union Home Ministry stated that the national flags across govt offices will be at half-mast for two days.
Moreover, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced that the singer will be accorded a funeral as per state honours.
Earlier, the Prime Minister has expressed deep grief over the passing away of legendary singer and also said that the coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerise people.