Three persons died while nine suffered injuries when a high tension wire snapped and fell over the bus the victims were traveling in Oraiya district on Sunday afternoon.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had announced compensation to those died and those injured. A bus carrying passengers from Mainpuri to Oraiya reached at a petrol pump at Erwa Katra kasba on Sunday afternoon. After getting the fuel, the bus driver drove the bus to backward direction and in this process it rammed into the electric pole causing the high tension wire to snap and fell over the bus. The bus later caught fire and three persons Gewani Devi, Kamla Devi and lakha, all of Oraiya died while inside the bus. Nine other passengers suffered serious injuries and they were rushed to district hospital for treatment.
Expressing grief over the incident, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took a serious note to the incident. He ordered to suspend the concerned junior engineer for the mishap with immediate effect and asked the official to probe the incident. CM also asked to take strict action against power officials who are found guilty in the case. The CM announced to give Rs 2 lakh to the family of each of the deceased while Rs 50,000 to each of the injured one from the CM’s discretionary funds. He also directed the officials to provide medical cure to those injured in the mishap.