The sunset was setting from the west corner of the runway under the Gautam Buddha International Airport. At that time, Pramila Kumari Ram of Sukhipur Municipality-1, Siraha, was waiting for a plane arriving from Kuwait outside the arrival hall of the international airport. Her eyes were watching the horizon of the runway.

It was reported that a Kuwait Airways plane carrying Nepalis who had been 'deported' from Kuwait for various reasons and abandoned bodies would land at Bhairahawa Airport at 4:45 pm on Wednesday. Pramila had arrived here with her two children, maternal uncle and father based on that information. Other common people were also waiting for their relatives in the airport premises. However, Pramila's wait was different from others. She was waiting for the body of her husband Ramesh Kumar Ram (Cobbler), who had gone abroad to earn money for the happiness of the family 21 months ago.

Pramila's eyelashes were drooping with tears from crying. She must have been getting more anxious as the evening fell. Her one-year-old son, who was with her, was playing with a water bottle and calling out 'Baba'. Her 7-year-old daughter was playing with her brother in the airport premises. They had traveled by bus on Wednesday morning and were looking stressed about how they would return with the body. The family's anxiety increased further after receiving information that the plane that was supposed to land in the afternoon would be delayed. 'When will the plane arrive?' Pramila would ask, 'Where are you, sirs?'

According to Pramila, it was three months before her husband left for Kuwait for two years. On the night of last Falgun 20, she had a conversation with her husband, who was on duty in Kuwait. While returning home from work by train, Ramesh had a long conversation. He asked about his children. He heard about his mother. He teased his little son on the phone. ‘I had talked to him on the phone at 11 pm and went to sleep,’ said Pramila. ‘He told me to vote well on Falgun 21.’ As her husband had told her, she went to vote on Falgun 21 in the morning. After returning from voting, she said that she heard the news of her husband’s death at 4 pm that day.’ According to her father, Ramesh had not mentioned any health problems. ‘He was suddenly taken to the hospital,’ he said. ‘After returning from duty, his friends took him to the hospital after he complained of chest pain.’ He said that a friend called and informed him of Ramesh’s death during treatment. He said that Ramesh is the eldest of his two sons. Ramesh has daughters aged 10 and 7 and a one-year-old son. Apart from the house, there is no land or land. ‘Our trust was in that son,’ said Ram Babu.

According to Somshila, who has been waiting for her son’s body for 751 days, the Nepali Embassy in Kuwait called and informed her that the body was going to be sent by plane. Then the Foreign Employment Board Secretariat called and called the family to Bhairahawa. ‘Now the responsibility of taking care of the family has fallen on my shoulders,’ said Pramila. ‘But, I don’t know how to fulfill the responsibility.’ The Kuwait Airways plane carrying the body landed in Bhairahawa at 7:30 pm on Wednesday. By the time the necessary procedures were completed, it was night.

The board's secretariat brought a hearse to transport the body from Bhairahawa to Siraha. According to Kamal Acharya, branch officer of the Foreign Employment Board's secretariat, the board handled the process from bringing the body from Kuwait to bringing it home. According to Acharya, since the labor permit is valid, Ramesh's family will receive Rs 1 million from the welfare fund, while his children will receive expenses at the rate of Rs 15,000 every year until they reach the age of 16. Acharya said that Ramesh's family will receive Rs 1.4 million from Reliable Insurance for term insurance. 'It is specifically an insurance of Rs 1.5 million,' he said, 'the victim will receive Rs 1.4 million after deducting taxes.' He said that such relief and assistance would be available from the concerned municipality.

Nine bodies were brought on Wednesday evening by a chartered plane of Kuwait Airways. The body of Khushiram Chaudhary of Duduwa Rural Municipality-2, Dang was also brought. His nephews had come to the airport to receive the body. According to them, Khushiram died on Falgun 30. Only Khushiram's body was brought to Nepal on Wednesday. Khushiram's wife, son and daughter are in Kuwait. The family said that they could not come as they could not get a plane ticket to return. 'His health condition was normal,' said the nephew who came to receive the body, 'He died of a heart attack.' He said that the rest of the family members would come in a few days.