
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep condolence on the death of migrants where at least 24 were killed and several injured after the truck they were traveling in, collided with another truck in Auraiya on Saturday morning.
The government is involved in relief work in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district, about 200 km from state capital Lucknow, where 24 migrants were killed in a road accident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this morning.
“The road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya is extremely tragic. The government is promptly involved in the relief work. I express my condolences to the families of those killed in this accident, as well as wish the injured a speedy recovery,” PM Modi tweeted in Hindi.
उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया में सड़क दुर्घटना बेहद ही दुखद है। सरकार राहत कार्य में तत्परता से जुटी है। इस हादसे में मारे गए लोगों के परिजनों के प्रति अपनी संवेदना प्रकट करता हूं, साथ ही घायलों के जल्द से जल्द स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 16, 2020
According to the official, the incident occurred at around 3.30 am. All the labourers were mostly from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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