Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Su✃nday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to next of kin of the victims who died in a road accideꦇnt in neighbouring Jharkhand.
Four people were killed and 25 others injured when the bus carrying them turned turtle in Hazaribag 🌺district on Saturday. a senior police officer said in Jharkhand.
The bus, carrying mostly pilgrims, was on its way to Odisha from Gaya via Hazaribag, he said. The passengers haili🧔ng from Odisha’s Angul, Dhenkanal, and M🐲ayurbhanj districts were on the bus, officials said.
The chief minister ﷽asked the Mayurbhanj distric🔥t collector to coordinate with the Jharkhand government to ensure proper treatment of the injured persons.
(With PTI Inputs)
