In the wee hours of Sunday, 18 people were killed and 5 others were injured after a speeding vehicle, carrying a dead body along with family members and the kin for the last rites, hit a lorry loaded with stones, parked on the roadside.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the families of people who lost their lives in the road accident. “Extremely pained by the loss of lives due to a road accident in Nadia, West Bengal. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest”, the PM tweeted. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar also expressed grief over the incident. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too expressed her condolences on the loss of lives and promised that the party would extend all the necessary support to the victims.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the road accident in Nadia on Sunday. “The injured will also be given Rs 50,000 each,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet. “The Prime Minister has announced 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 road accident in Nadia, West Bengal. Rs. 50,000 would be given to the injured,” the PMO India tweeted.
Many leaders of Trinamool Congress (TMC) have expressed their condolences and the party will announce the compensation for the victims of the families, who have lost their lives in the Nadia Road accident.
“The party is going to announce the compensation to help the families of the victims. The party is also making arrangements for the treatment of the injured victims,” TMC leader Kunal Ghosh told The Daily Guardian.
As per the report, around 10 men, 7 women and a six-year-old girl were killed. All the 18 people who were killed in the unfortunate accident were the residents of Parmadon at Bagdah, North 24 Parganas. The car carrying the deceased and the relatives, was going to Nabadwip burning ghat. The accident took place at Hanskhali-Krishnagar state highways. While the car was crossing the Phoolbari area in Nadia, it collided with the truck parked on the roadside. The driver of the truck has been detained. All the injured people are shifted to Shaktinagar district hospital. As per the local sources, the accidents occurred due to dense fog and high speed.