Punjab Government on Friday announced an ex-gratia grant of Rs one lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased in a tragic accident where four people were killed after a truck carrying devotees from Mairi Shrine to Tarn Taran in Punjab overturned.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy Sukhbir Badal also expressed deep shock and anguish over the tragic accident. Expressing profound grief and sorrow over this disastrous accident, the Chief Minister shared his heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved families and prayed to the Almighty to give them courage to bear this irreparable loss in the hour of crisis and grant peace to the departed souls.
Meanwhile, Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa has also deeply mourned the death of pilgrims. “I am shocked to hear the news of death of pilgrims. I request the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadara Singh to extend all possible medical help to the injured pilgrims and assistance in sending dead bodies of deceased pilgrims to their home town,” said Bajwa in his statement.