Rs 1 lakh each to kin of labourers of state killed in Auraiya accident, SP announces

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday expressed sorrow over the accident and announced ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to the kin of deceased who were killed in an accident in Uttar Pradesh.

“Indescribable grief over the death of more than 24 poor migrant workers in a road accident in Auraiya of UP. Prayers for the injured. Knowing everything … even seeing everything … see how the heartless people and their supporters who hold silence justify this neglect. Such accidents are not deaths but murders,” Akhilesh tweeted.

उप्र के औरैया में सड़क हादसे में 24 से भी अधिक ग़रीब प्रवासी मज़दूरों की मौत पर अवर्णनीय दुख. घायलों के लिए दुआएँ.

सब कुछ जानकर… सब कुछ देखकर भी… मौन धारण करनेवाले हृदयहीन लोग और उनके समर्थक देखें कब तक इस उपेक्षा को उचित ठहराते हैं.

ऐसे हादसे मृत्यु नहीं हत्या हैं.

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 16, 2020

Announcing compensation for the kin of deceased, Akhilesh urged the BJP to give an amount of Rs 10 lakh compensation to kin of each deceased.

“The news of the death of the migrant workers who were returning home is shocking. Basically these were the people who used to run home. Therefore, Samajwadi Party will provide assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the family of each deceased in the state. Taking moral responsibility, the ruthless BJP government should also give an amount of Rs 10 lakh per deceased person,” he tweeted.

घर लौट रहे प्रवासी मज़दूरों के मारे जाने की ख़बरें दिल दहलानेवाली हैं. मूलत: ये वो लोग हैं जो घर चलाते थे. इसलिए समाजवादी पार्टी प्रदेश के प्रत्येक मृतक के परिवार को 1 लाख रु की मदद पहुँचाएगी.

नैतिक ज़िम्मेदारी लेते हुए निष्ठुर भाजपा सरकार भी प्रति मृतक 10 लाख रु की राशि दे.

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 16, 2020

Earlier in the day, 24 labourers were killed and several injured after the truck they were traveling in, collided with another truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district. (ANI)