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PM Narendra Modi expresses grief at loss of lives in Rajasthan road accident

Updated on: 10 November,2021 04:15 PM IST  |  New Delhi
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PM Modi also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the prime minister's national relief fund for the next of kin of those who lost their lives and Rs 50,000 for the injured

PM Narendra Modi expresses grief at loss of lives in Rajasthan road accident

Smoke rises from a fire after a truck collided head-on with a passenger bus near Bhandiyawas village on the Barmer-Jodhpur National Highway, in Barmer district, Rajasthan. Pic/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief at the loss of lives in a road accident in Rajasthan.


A truck collided head-on with a bus in Rajasthan's Barmer district, leaving 11 people dead and 22 others injured, police said. Modi also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the prime minister's national relief fund for the next of kin of those who lost their lives and Rs 50,000 for the injured.


He said, "It is saddening that people have lost their lives due to a bus-tanker collision at the Barmer-Jodhpur Highway in Rajasthan. In this hour of grief, my condolences to the bereaved families. I pray that the injured have a quick recovery."


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