Sidhi road accident: Madhya Pradesh CM announces Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next-of-kin of those, who died in Sidhi’s road accident.

CM Shivraj also announced that an amount of Rs 2 lakh each has also been sanctioned for the persons, severely injured in the incident and Rs 1 lakh for people with normal injuries.

Condoling the incident, CM said that the mishap in Sidhi is heartbreaking.

The incident took place near Barkhada village close to Mohania tunnel, where eight people were killed, and several injured after a truck, who lost control allegedly after its tyre got burst, rammed into two buses from the rear on Friday late at night.

CM Chouhan also rushed to Rewa Medical College to meet the injured soon after receiving the information.

The buses were carrying people returning from Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally.

Mukesh Srivastava, SP, Rewa said, “two buses were parked, a truck came from behind and got uncontrolled after its tyre got burst, leading to the collision. Seven-Eight people died, however, a probe is going on, and around 50 people are injured out of which 15-20 are severely injured.”

As per officials, the mishap happened due to a tyre burst in the truck. The injured were immediately rushed to the nearby hospital.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the loss of lives.

सीधी (म.प्र) में हुआ सड़क हादसा अत्यंत दुःखद है। इस हादसे में जान गंवाने वाले लोगों के परिजनों के प्रति गहरी संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूँ। ईश्वर उन्हें यह दुःख सहने की शक्ति दें। प्रशासन द्वारा घायलों को उपचार उपलब्ध कराया जा रहा है। घायलों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की प्रार्थना करता हूँ।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 24, 2023

Taking to Twitter, Shah said,” The road accident in Sidhi (M.P.) is very sad. I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident. May God give them the strength to bear this sorrow. Treatment is being provided to the injured by the administration. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.”