Cancelling his scheduled Balrampur visit, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday reached LLR (Hallet) Hospital in Kanpur Nagar to enquire about the well-being of those injured in the road mishap at Sadh in Ghatampur late Saturday evening.
The Chief Minister expressed his grief over the accident and gave instructions to the Health Department's officials and doctors for the necessary care for the injured.
Addressing the media, the Chief Minister said that he was here with Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana to express condolences to the families which lost their members in the accident.
Stating that the government had run several awareness programmes from time to time to prevent such accidents, the chief minister also said that the president of India, the prime minister and the home minister had all expressed their grief over the tragic road mishap in which 26 persons were killed.
“Rs 2 lakh is being given to the kin of those who died in this accident and Rs 50,000 to the injured. After the last rites, this sum will be given to the kin of the deceased,” he said.
Yogi Adityanath further remarked: “I have given instructions to the officials of the Transport Department to see to it that tractors-trolleys and trucks, which are meant for transportation of goods and for agriculture purposes, are not used for public transport. We will also run an awareness campaign in this regard for the public.”
The chief minister added that he had also directed the Home Department, Transport Department and all other departments on how to prevent road accidents.
“It is deeply saddening, and both the Central and state governments stand by the families who have lost their loved ones in this tragic accident. But we must also raise awareness to prevent such accidents in future,” he said
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also visited Kortha village where he met the families of those who lost their kin in the accident and consoled them.
While comforting the family members, Yogi Adityanath assured them of providing all possible assistance to them.
The chief minister was accompanied by senior administration and police authorities.
On October 1, about 50 residents of Kortha village in Kanpur district visited Chandrika Devi temple in Fatehpur in a tractor-trolley. The accident happened when the tractor-trolley overturned and fell into a pond near Ghatampur on their way back.