Rewa Bus Mishap
Madhya Pradesh bus mishap: 15 labourers, who were going home for Diwali, die
Rewa: Fifteen male passengers died and more than 40 sustained injuries when a bus – mostly carrying labourers heading towards Prayagraj for celebrating Diwali with their families – plowed about three to four feet into the rear of a truck during the intervening night on this district’s Sohagi hill in Sohagi Police Station limits, law-enforcement authorities said on Saturday.
So far, only the identities of two people have been identified as Raju Ansari (31) and Kaleem Khan aka Lallu (35).
They belong to Kutraila region of Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district.
The lorry itself rammed another one that was ahead of it.
Fourteen individuals perished on the spot whereas one succumbed while being rushed to this divisional headquarters’ Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital where the other injured have been admitted, reports UNI.
Senior administrative and police officers reached the scene and supervised extrication of victims from the mangled vehicle.
Traffic movement was affected during the rescue operation but restored by morning.
Those aboard the ill-fated bus were natives of different places in Uttar Pradesh. T
They had travelled by another bus from Hyderabad to Jabalpur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the incident.
मध्य प्रदेश के रीवा में नेशनल हाइवे पर हुआ हादसा हृदयविदारक है। इसमें जिन्होंने अपनों को खोया है, उनके प्रति मेरी गहरी संवेदनाएं। इसके साथ ही सभी घायलों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं। राज्य सरकार की देखरेख में स्थानीय प्रशासन पीड़ितों की हरसंभव मदद में जुटा है: PM Modi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 22, 2022
"The Prime Minister has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased in the tragic bus accident in Madhya Pradesh. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000," PMO India tweeted.
The Prime Minister has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased in the tragic bus accident in Madhya Pradesh. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000. https://t.co/24QEOITaL1
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 22, 2022
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed grief over the loss of life and directed the administration to ensure proper treatment of the injured. Mr Chouhan had a phone conversation with his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath.
“First aid was administered to those having minor injuries. Such persons were sent to Uttar Pradesh in another bus,” Chouhan wrote in social media.
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