PM announces Rs 2 lakh each for kin of UP bus accident victims

June 05, 2017 11:43

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the loss of lives in a bus accident in Uttar Pradesh and sanctioned Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of those killed. He also announced Rs 50,000 for each of those injured in the collision between a truck and a bus in Bareilly.

Twenty-two persons were burnt alive and 15 were injured in the accident.

"The bus accident in UP's Bareilly is heart-rending. I condole the loss of lives. I pray that those injured recover at the earliest," Modi said in his message.

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