The Punjab Government on Thursday announced Rs two lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of 11 persons killed in a tragic road accident on Amritsar-Mehta road near Dhapayian village on Wednesday.
“Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia grant for the next of kin of 11 persons killed in the mishap,” announced the state Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia who visited Sri Guru Ramdas Charitable Hospital, Vallah, on Thursday to enquire about the health of the injured.
Describing the incident ‘very unfortunate’, Majithia visited emergency ward to interact with the patients and their attendants and assured them all necessary assistance from the government.
He said that Punjab Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal have also expressed deep grief over this tragic incident in which 11 casualties were reported whereas 11 injured.
He also asked the Senior Superintendent of Police Jasdeep Singh to initiate strict action against the erring driver of bus.
Majithia directed the Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat, who was accompanying him, and other authorities concerned for providing specialized diagnostic and treatment facilities to the patients.
Doctors looking after the patients apprised Majithia that all required facilities were being provided to the injured on priority and all 11 patients under treatment were stable now.
The accident took place when a mini-bus rammed into an overloaded locally made modified vehicle in which the victims were travelling. Angry people from nearby villages set the mini-bus on fire even as its driver fled from the spot.