Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday met injured people and relatives of those killed in a truck accident and consoled them at Satna on Sunday. Soon after reaching Satna, Chouhan drove straight to Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel District Hospital and met the injured persons. The Chief Minister also directed hospital authorities to provide best treatment on Government expenses to them.
later, Chouhan visited houses of those killed in the accident. At the residence of late Rameshwar Mishra, he consoled the bereaved family saying that the State Government stood by them in this hour of sorrow. later the Chief Minister also visited late Umesh Choudhary’s residence at Bardadeeh, and garlanded his photograph, presented assistance worth Rs 1 lakh to his wife Mithila Choudhary and assured to provide Rs 1 lakh more soon. The Chief Minister directed to arrange permanent livelihood and residence for deceased Umesh Choudhary’s wife Mithila Choudhary.
Chouhan consoled family of late Rajkumar Agrawal at Dalibaba. He directed for free education of late Agrawal’s three kids Pankaj, Pooja and Poonam till Class XII. He also directed to provide Anganwadi job or any other permanent livelihood to deceased’s wife Jyoti Agrawal. Chouhan also visited residence of late Raja Choudhary and paid tributes to him by garlanding his photograph. The Chief Minister also directed to arrange residence for Raja Choudhary’s brother.
During meeting with the injured at the district hospital, Chief Minister enquired about their health. He directed to provide new rickshaw to Babulal Rawal of Badkhura, BPl ration card to Arun Pandey and BPl facilities and sanctioning of more relief amount to Phuljhariya. An injured Shah Alam informed that he had helped in nabbing driver of the errant truck. The Chief Minister lauded his braveness and directed to reward him.
Energy & Mineral Resources Development Minister and in-charge of district Rajendra Shukla, MP Ganesh Singh, Zila Panchayat Chairman Gaganendra Singh, Mayor Pushkar Singh Tomar, MlAs Shankarlal Tiwari, Motilal Tiwari, Ramkhelawan Patel, Jugalkishore Bagri and Surendra Singh Gaharwar and other public representatives were present on the occasion. Meanwhile, Congress leader Ajay Singh on Sunday demanded strong action and file an FIR against those culprits who went rampant which led to the killing of at least seven people at the busy Satna town.
In a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Opposition leader in the State Assembly urged to provide a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of those killed in the incident if the deceased were sole bread earner of the family, and also urged him to provide a job to support the family.Ajay Singh alleged that instead of acting against the culprits the police have taken action against the victims.
It may be mentioned that a truck ploughed through busy thoroughfares in Satna town here, killing at least seven people and injuring over 36 people, 17 of them seriously, police said.The truck went on a rampage in the busiest part of Satna Ghanta Ghar where it damaged over 100 vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, hand-pulled cart, autos before it came to halt at Pannilal Chourha, police said.