In this regard, District Magistrate Chamoli Himanshu Khurana said," Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the seriously injured in the Chamoli incident from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund."
As per the motorway police, the incident took place near the Burhan Interchange due to low visibility. The rescue teams soon after the incident, reached the spot and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals.
"Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions to provide Rs 5 lakh to the dependents of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured without any delay," an official statement said.
At least 640 children have been killed or injured in 541 incidents involving explosive remnants of war and landmine explosions in Afghanistan between January 2022 and June 2023, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Khaama Press reported.
"Police Station Rajpora received information that terrorists had fired upon a team of forest department of district Budgam causing injuries to two employees, who had laid a checkpoint to apprehend the timber smugglers near Bangender Bridge," read the statement.
At least 10 people died and several were injured after a transformer exploded on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said on Wednesday.
At least 15 workers and security guards were injured in a clash between Bangladeshi and Chinese workers due to dissatisfaction over salaries and allowances at the construction site of the Rural Power Company Limited's 1,320 MW power plant in the Dhankhali area Kalapara sub-unit of Patuakhali