23 Deaths in MP Bus Accident; PM and CM Declare Compensation for Bereaved Families

Bhopal: The death toll in the Khargone bus accident in Madhya Pradesh has risen to 23. Around 20 injured are being treated in Khargone Hospital & 11 have been referred to Indore.

This major accident occurred when a passenger bus fell from a bridge in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone on Tuesday morning. The bus was on its way to Indore when it fell from a bridge in Khargone’s Dasanga village. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the families of those who were killed in the accident. He also announced Rs 50,000 each for the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 each for people with minor injuries. Madhya Pradesh government will bear the costs of treatment of the injured.

The PMO’s office also tweeted that an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased in the bus accident in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The injured would be given Rs 50,000.