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PM calls
for probe into train accident, announces compensation
Thursday July 07, 2011 11:55:20 AM,
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New Delhi:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday asked the commissioner of
railway safety to probe the train-bus collision in Uttar Pradesh,
in which 31 people were killed, and announced compensation of Rs.2
lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.
"The prime minister is extremely grieved at the loss of lives in
the accident involving a bus and a train collision at an unmanned
railway crossing," a statement from Manmohan Singh's office said.
The statement said that the prime minister had directed Railway
Board Chairman Vinay Mittal to proceed to the accident site and
asked "the commissioner of railway safety to hold an enquiry".
Besides ex-gratia relief of Rs.2 lakh each for the next of kin of
the deceased, Mamohan Singh has announced Rs.50,000 each for
seriously injured and Rs.10,000 each for simple injuries.
At least 31 people were killed and over 30 injured in Uttar
Pradesh's Kanshiram Nagar district around 2 a.m. at the unmanned
railway crossing in Thanagaon, about 250 km from Lucknow, when the
Chhapra Mathura express train rammed into the bus carrying members
of a wedding party.
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