Bathinda Bus Accident: After receiving the compensation check, the victims’ families staged a sit-in

The heirs of the eight persons who died in the unfortunate accident that occurred two days ago when a bus of a private company fell into the Lasade canal near the nearby village Jeevan Singh Wala accused the Punjab government of not taking the families and not announcing the aid amount. The sit-in at the local civil hospital ended late in the evening today after the ADC Bathinda handed over checks of assistance to some families on the spot. After this, with the initiation of the post-mortem process of the dead bodies, there is a possibility that the funeral will take place soon.

It is to be noted that in this bus accident that happened in the afternoon on December 27, eight people were killed, while more than two dozen were injured. Yesterday, the heirs of the deceased started a protest in Civil Hospital Talwandi Sabo accusing the Punjab government of not taking the details of the victims and not announcing any assistance amount for the families with the support of many organizations. A ten-member struggle committee was also formed on this occasion. During the protest, it was decided that the dead would not be cremated until the state government announced Rs 10 lakh each for each victim’s family and a government job for one family member. Late last evening, though Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had announced an aid amount of three lakhs each for the families of the deceased, but the protest continued even today.

Addressing the protest, Comrades Makhan Singh, Sukhmandar Singh Dhaliwal and Kulwinder Singh Giana and Ranyodh Singh Mahinangal condemned the Punjab government for causing trouble to the families of the deceased. He said that until the checks of the aid amount announced by the Chief Minister are not received by the heirs, neither the protest will end nor the post-mortem of the dead bodies will be conducted.

Finally, after several rounds of meeting with the administration, in the evening, ADC (D) Bathinda Poonam Singh reached the protest site and handed over checks to the heirs of some of the deceased belonging to the village Jeevan Singh Wala of District Bathinda and all the injured were given free treatment by the administration. promised to do After this, the demonstration was ended. The ADC said that the aid money will also reach the families of the deceased belonging to other districts soon. On this occasion, he also inquired about the condition of the injured admitted in the hospital.