He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
Reacting to the tragic road accident in which 12 people were killed and around 17 injured, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that the Bharatiya Janta Party took money from the contractors who constructed Samruddhi Mahamarg to break the Shiv Sena.
In a tragic incident, at least 12 people were killed and 17 others were injured in a road accident on the outskirts of Aurangabad in Maharashtra on Sunday.
Manang Air had previously been involved in another helicopter crash just three months ago, resulting in the tragic loss of five passengers, including its pilot Chet Bahadur Gurung. The earlier accident had occurred in Lamjura Pass, Solukhumbu, and was attributed to adverse weather conditions
Four people were killed and around seventeen injured after a bus carrying passengers collided with a trolley in Pratapgarh district in the early hours of Saturday.
Just a few days after the tragic train incident at Bihar's Buxar district, another major accident has been averted after an engine derailed on the loop line at Raghunathpur station on Friday night.
Saamana, the official mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena (UBT), raised questions on the functioning of the Indian Railways and passenger safety after 21 coaches of the North-East Express derailed in Bihar's Buxar district on Wednesday night, leaving four passengers dead and over 30 injured.
In his letter, the Rajya Sabha MP said that the government introducing luxury trains in a frenzy while the infrastructure for trains for common people is being sorely forsaken.
According to the release, the Samardha Forest range management received the information about the accident from the Railway Control Room at around 8 am on Thursday.
At least four people died and around 50 people got injured after 21 coaches of the North-East Superfast train derailed near Raghunathpur station in Buxar district on October 11.