Weeks before the horrific Ahmedabad plane crash shattered countless lives in June this year, local filmmaker Mahesh Jirawala made a solemn vow to his ailing father that he would buy the family their own home and clear their mounting debts.

The Jirawala family feels that the compensation of Rs 1.29 crore received from Air India, parent company Tata Group and the Gujarat Government, had allowed them to clear all debts and purchase a home, fulfilling a promise that Mahesh had made just before the tragedy.

“...I am happy that even after his death, my son ensured dignity for his family because I am not able to work any more due to my health,” an emotional Girdharbhai Jirawala, 61, told PTI here.

Mahesh was one of the 19 people killed on the ground when Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8

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