LIVE! Modi's first directive as PM: Relief for Gorakhdham rail accident victims

May 27, 2014 11:12

In what is Narendra Modi's first directive as prime minister, the Railway Ministry has been asked to ensure that relief operations following the Gorakhdham rail accident are carried out smoothly.

Modi said that it must be seen that all the injured are provided the best possible medical care. The Prime Minster has sanctioned an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of those deceased from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and Rs 50,000 each from those seriously injured in the accident.

The death toll in the Delhi-Gorakhpur train accident has climbed to 22 today. 50 have been injured as the Gorakhpur-bound Gorakhdham Express rammed into a goods train at Chureb station between Basti and Gorakhpur on Monday morning.

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