Bharatpur road accident: President Murmu, PM Modi condole loss of lives

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed their condolences for the deaths in the Bharatpur road tragedy, which occurred on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway near Hantra village in Rajasthan on Wednesday.

According to an official release, PM Modi also offered an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh for each fatality in the Bharatpur road accident earlier today. The injured will each receive Rs. 50,000, according to the statement.

“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.

Meanwhile, 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”.

Earlier, the Gujarat Chief Minister and his Rajasthan counterpart both expressed their condolences for the loss of life in the traffic accident. Meanwhile, the dead toll in the Bharatpur road tragedy has risen to 12, according to an official.

According to the official, 11 persons were killed and 12 were injured after a trailer collided with a halted bus on the Jaipur-Agra National Highway in the Hantra hamlet in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur.

The bus was traveling from Gujarat’s Bhavnagar to Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura.
The bus was being repaired because a tyre had burst. Meanwhile, some people were inside the bus and others were standing outside when the high-speed trailer collided with the bus and pulled it 30 meters, according to the official. The injured were transferred to a hospital, while the bodies were buried.