On the directions of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the State Urban development Minister also in charge of Uttarkashi district, Madan Kaushik reached Uttarkashi to enquire about the condition of those injured in the bus mishap which occurred here on Tuesday killing 24 persons. After arriving by helicopter in Uttarkashi, the Cabinet Minister took four of the seriously injured accident victims by helicopter to a private hospital in Dehradun.
He directed the hospital doctors to ensure complete treatment of the injured. Kaushik also informed that the State Government is in regular contact with officials of Madhya Pradesh. Work is underway to get the post mortem conducted on the fatalities before sending the bodies to Madhya Pradesh. Prime minister Narendra Modi has announced ex gratia of Rs two lakh to each of the bereaved families with Rs 50,000 assistance for the injured from the Prime Minister national relief fund. For this, the Uttarakhand chief secretary S Ramaswamy has communicated with the Madhya Pradesh chief secretary BP Singh seeking the addresses, bank account numbers and other required details of those killed in the bus mishap.
It should be mentioned here that following the mishap on Tuesday, the chief minister, expressing grief at the accident had also announced Rs one lakh ex gratia for those killed in the mishap and Rs 50,000 for those injured.