Sunday, 7 July 2019

29 killed as bus falls from bridge in UP, Rs 5 lakh compensation announced

The bus was going from Lucknow to Delhi and had at least 50 passengers on board

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Twenty-nine individuals were killed and 18 harmed after a state-run transport slid off the Yamuna Expressway and fell into a huge channel in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, authorities said.
The transport was going from Lucknow to Delhi and had in any event 50 travelers ready, they said. “According to the area officer (of Agra) 29 people have kicked the bucket. The transport fell into a ‘nallah’ (channel),” Additional Chief Secretary Information, Awanish Awasthi, said.
The Uttar Pradesh Roadways will pay ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the closest relative of the perished, the authorities said. “One sleeper mentor traveler transport venturing out from Lucknow to Delhi met with a mishap on Yamuna Expressway (sic),” the Uttar Pradesh Police said on Twitter.
The authorities said the transport tumbled from an extension and into a flooding channel close Etmadpur.The spouting water is making it hard to lead salvage tasks, they said. “DGP UP OP Singh has coordinated to do help and protect work going full speed ahead and is administering it by and by. Every senior official present at the spot (sic),” the state police tweeted.
The Janrath transport of the Uttar Pradesh Roadways’ Awadh Depot was going from Lucknow to the national capital’s Anand Vihar ISBT, the authorities said. The 165-km six-path interstate associates Noida with Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
Boss Minister Yogi Adityanath communicated his sympathies and has coordinated the Agra locale justice and senior administrator of police to guarantee the harmed get appropriate restorative treatment. He has asked his agent Dinesh Sharma and Minister of State for Transport Swatantra Dev Singh to quickly visit the mishap site.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mourned the demise of the 29 travelers. “Disheartened to catch wind of the terrible loss of lives as a result of another transport mishap, this time close Agra. My ardent sympathies to the lamenting families. I wish the harmed a rapid recuperation. Give all of us a chance to pursue #SafeDriveSaveLife” she tweeted.

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