Jammu and Kashmir government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in a bus accident in Doda district, officials said.
According to PTI report, At least 38 people were killed and 20 injured when a bus carrying passengers skidded off the road and rolled down into a 300-foot gorge n the district earlier in the day.
The bus bearing registration number JK02CN-6555 was reportedly carrying 58 passengers, the officials said earlier, adding that it skidded off the road near Trungal-Assar on the Batote-Kishtwar national highway and fell 300 feet downhill.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has approved an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the next of kin, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said.
He has also approved an amount of Rs 1 lakh for those injured and assured all possible assistance to the affected families, he added.
Jammu & Kashmir: DC Doda Harvinder Singh told ANI , “A very sad incident has happened in our district. A bus in which 56 people were travelling met with an accident… there have been 37 casualties till now, and 19 are injured… Most of the bodies have been identified… We have checked all the things about the vehicle, its insurance, service life… The driver is also dead, so there might be a chance that the vehicle was not being driven properly…”
