Eknath Shinde announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for kin of deceased of Samruddhi expressway bus accident

Maharashtra state chief minister Eknath Shinde announced  an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakhs to the next of kin of the deceased in the bus accident on Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway in Buldhana.

As soon as the information about the accident came to light, the emergency medical service team deployed for the highway as well as the fire brigade reached the spot and started the rescue operation. The injured passengers were removed and admitted to the hospital, said Maharashtra CMO.

Bus catches fire on Maharashtra's Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway killing 25 people, including three children, and eight others injured. The private travels bus was on way from Nagpur to Pune when it hit a pole and then rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Pimpalkhuta village, police said.

The bus turned turtle and caught fire, police said. There were at 33 passengers in the bus, an official said, adding the eight passengers who survived were admitted to nearby hospital.