West Bengal accident: 14 members of marriage party killed, PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia
New
Delhi,
Jan
20:
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
Wednesday
said
he
was
extremely
anguished
over
the
road
accident
in
West
Bengal''s
Jalpaiguri
and
announced
an
ex
gratia
of
Rs
2
lakh
each
to
the
next
of
kin
of
those
who
lost
their
lives
in
the
incident.
He
also
said
that
Rs
50,000
each
would
be
given
to
those
injured,
according
to
the
Prime
Minister''s
Office
(PMO).
Fourteen members, including four children, of a marriage party were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a stone-laden truck and their three vehicles.
The accident took place in Jaldhaka area of Dhupguri block Tuesday night, police said.
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"The road accident in Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) is extremely anguishing. In this time of sadness, prayers with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon," Modi was quoted as saying by the PMO.
"From the PMNRF (Prime Minister''s National Relief Fund), Ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each would be given to the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the accident in West Bengal. A sum of Rs 50,000 each would be given to those injured," he said.
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The cars of the marriage party were going towards Dhupguri on the wrong side of the road and the collision took place due to dense fog, a senior police officer said.