President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 13, condoled the loss of lives in the Bharatpur road accident, which took place on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway near Hantra village in Rajasthan.
PM Modi also announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh for kin of each deceased in the Bharatpur road accident, which took place earlier today, an official statement said.
राजस्थान के भरतपुर में हुआ सड़क हादसा अत्यंत दुखद है। इसमें गुजरात से धार्मिक यात्रा पर गए जिन श्रद्धालुओं को अपनी जान गंवानी पड़ी है, उनके परिवारजनों के प्रति मेरी शोक-संवेदनाएं। इसके साथ ही मैं सभी घायलों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 13, 2023
The injured will be provided Rs 50,000 each, the statement added.
“The Prime Minister has approved an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the mishap in Bharatpur. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000 each”, said an ‘X’ post from the PMO.
The Prime Minister has approved an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the mishap in Bharatpur. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000 each.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 13, 2023
President Murmu wrote in an ‘X’ post, “I am deeply saddened by the news of a bus of devotees going from Gujarat to Uttar Pradesh meeting with an accident in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan and the death of many passengers. I express my condolences to the bereaved families and pray for the speedy recovery of those injured”.
गुजरात से उत्तर प्रदेश जा रही श्रद्धालुओं से भरी बस के राजस्थान के भरतपुर जिले में दुर्घटनाग्रस्त होने और अनेक यात्रियों की मृत्यु के समाचार से मुझे गहरा दुख पहुंचा है। शोक-संतप्त परिवारों के प्रति मैं संवेदना व्यक्त करती हूं और घायल हुए लोगों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करती…
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) September 13, 2023
Earlier, the Gujarat Chief Minister and his Rajasthan counterpart also condoled the loss of lives in the road accident.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the Bharatpur road accident rose to 12, an official informed.
Earlier, 11 people had died and 12 were injured as a trailer hit a stationary bus on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in the Hantra village in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, the official said.
The bus was heading to Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura from Gujarat’s Bhavnagar.
As the bus suffered a tyre burst, its repair work was going on.
Meanwhile, some passengers were on the bus while some were standing outside when the high-speed trailer hit the bus and dragged it 30 metres, the official added.
The injured were taken to a hospital while the bodies were kept in a mortuary.
(with inputs from ANI)
