PM Condoles Loss Of Lives In Mathura & Indore Incidents
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the deaths in a road accident in UP’s Mathura and in a fire incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore.
In both the incidents, the Prime Minister prayed for the early recovery of the injured. “The road accident in Mathura is heartbreaking. My deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in this tragedy. I wish the injured a speedy recovery,” the PM said in a tweet. “The fire incident in Indore, Madhya Pradesh is very sad. I convey my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this tragedy.
I wish all the injured a speedy recovery,” the Prime Minister tweeted. Seven members of a family, including three women and a child, were killed and two others were injured, when a car collided with a stationary vehicle on Yamuna Expressway near Mathura. Police sources said the incident took place at around 0500 hours , when the car carrying nine persons collided with an unidentified vehicle near Bajana cut in Nauhjheel area on Yamuna Expressway. The victims were returning to Sadarpura in Gautam Buddha Nagar after attending a marriage function at their native village Bahadurpur in Hardoi district.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the death and has conveyed his sympathies towards the bereaved families. Seven persons, including women, died and five were injured on Saturday after a blaze erupted in the early hours at an unauthorised triple-storeyed building in Swarn Bagh Colony within Vijay Nagar Police Station limits of Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. Several leaking gas cylinders were rapidly brought out of the building by emergency services personnel thereby preventing a worse tragedy. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed grief over the loss of life and ordered an inquiry.
He said uncompromising action will be initiated against the person or persons whose negligence caused the short circuit resulting in the incident. Ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each will be disbursed to the next of kin, the CM said. The fatalities were caused by burns and asphyxiation. The government will bear the entire cost of medical treatment.
