11 Gujaratis killed in Rajasthan road accident, PM Modi, Gujarat CM announce ex-gratia for bereaved families

Eleven people from Gujarat were killed and at least 15 injured when a trailer rammed into their bus from behind in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district early on Wednesday, police said.

The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30 am, they said.

#WATCH | Rajasthan | 11 people killed and 12 injured when a trailer vehicle rammed into a bus on Jaipur-Agra Highway near Hantra in Bharatpur District, confirms SP Bharatpur, Mridul Kachawa. The passengers on the bus were going from Bhavnagar in Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar… pic.twitter.com/1nYUkj3J9z

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Expressing grief at the loss of lives and offering condolences to the victims’ families, Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to the injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi approves an ex-gratia of Rs 2 Lakhs each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who died in the road accident in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Rs 50,000 each announced for the injured. https://t.co/UrwNm8qAhA pic.twitter.com/biIEY1j7qn

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Meanwhile Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel expressed his condolences to the bereaved families.

“The road accident near Bharatpur in Rajasthan is shocking. Pilgrims from Gujarat died in the accident. I express my condolences to the bereaved families. I also pray to God for the speedy recovery of the injured,” he wrote on X.

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel tweets, “The road accident near Bharatpur in Rajasthan is shocking. Pilgrims from Gujarat died in the accident. I express my condolences to the bereaved families. I also pray to God for the speedy recovery of the injured.”

(File photo) https://t.co/UrwNm8qAhA pic.twitter.com/AESurXdhJ7

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Patel also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

Bharatpur, Rajasthan road accident | Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel announces an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakhs each for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured by the State Government.

The death toll has now risen to 12. https://t.co/UrwNm8qAhA pic.twitter.com/DOtkpRaScg

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The police said the bus had halted at Antra flyover in the Lakhanpur area when the trailer rammed into it from behind. Five men and six women died on the spot.

According to the police control room, Antu, Nandram, Lallu, Bharat, Lalji, his wife Madhuben, Ambaben, Kambuben, Ramuben, Anjuben and Madhuben — the wife of one Arvind — died in the accident.

They were from Dihor in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district.

With inputs from agencies