Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo announces Rs 5 lakh aid for families of workers killed in Chamoli tunnel accident
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has confirmed financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of four workers from the state who died in a tunnel accident in Uttarakhand last week.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has confirmed financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of four workers from the state who died in a tunnel accident in Uttarakhand last week.
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Key points
- The accident at the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited project in the Pipalkoti area left 11 workers dead and 11 injured, authorities stated.
- Sai additionally directed office-holders to provide Rs 50, 000 each to two Chhattisgarh workers who were injured in the accident.
- On August 13, water and debris entered an under-construction three-kilometre tunnel at a hydroelectric project site in Chamoli district after a landslide, trapping 22 workers.
- Four of those killed were from Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh.
- He remarked the state administration stood with the bereaved families and would provide all feasible assistance.
For context, the accident at the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited project in the Pipalkoti area left 11 workers dead and 11 injured, authorities stated.
Four of those killed were from Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh. While one each was from Madnar and Dahikonga, two were residents of Dhansuli village.
In a post on X on Thursday night, Sai described the deaths as "deeply distressing" and remarked the mortal remains had been brought to Kondagaon, where the last rites were performed in the presence of the families.
"Instructions have been issued to provide financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family of each deceased worker and Rs 50, 000 to each of the two injured workers, " he remarked.
He remarked the state administration stood with the bereaved families and would provide all feasible assistance. Sai additionally prayed for peace for the deceased and wished the injured workers a speedy recovery.
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