Pained By Loss Of Lives In Road Accident In Himachal Pradesh: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi also announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the next of family of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was pained by the loss of lives in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district. He also announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the next of family of the dead and Rs 50,000 for the injured. Ten people were killed and two others injured after a pick-up van carrying people who were part of a wedding procession fell into a gorge earlier on Monday near Pashog in Sirmaur's Shillai sub-division, according to Sub-Divisional Magistrate Suresh Singha.