CM announces ex gratia grant of Rs 2 lakh each for next of kin of deceased
Author(s): City Air NewsIll fated school bus. Chandigarh, March 4, 2013: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and anguish over the tragic incident in which 13 persons including 12 school children and...
Chandigarh, March 4, 2013: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today expressed profound grief and anguish over the tragic incident in which 13 persons including 12 school children and a bus driver were killed and four children were seriously injured in a head on collision between the school bus and a truck near village Gohir on Jalandhar-Nakodar Road
Sharing his heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved families, the Chief Minister prayed to the Almighty to give them courage to bear this irreparable loss in the hour of crisis and grant peace to the departed souls. Meanwhile Badal also announced an ex-gratia grant Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and directed the district administration to provide free treatment to all the injured.