CM TRIVENDRA RAWAT REACHES THE ACCIDENTAL SPOT, ANNOUNCES 2 LAKHS COMPENSATION TO EACH OF THE BEREAVED FAMILY

The prime minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grief over the deaths of several bus commuters in Garhwal Uttarakhand and have assured of all possible help to the bereaved families.

The prime minister has expressed his grief and condolensces by tweeting in his twitter handle this afernoon.

After the news started appearing like wild fire in the entire electronics and print media the state Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has taken a very serious note of the anguishing situation that claimed 48 lives and has left for the accident spot in an official chopper to see for himself the circumstances leading to this critical accident.

The chief minister has also announced the monetary compensation of Rs. two lakh each to the bereaved families of those dead though the amount seems to be too meagre for the lives lost in this fatal accident.

Meanwhile, orders for the detailed and indepth enquiry has also been issued in this regard. It may be recalled that the bus possessing the sitting capacity of merely 28 was badly overloaded and it seems that the driver had lost the balance.

Even the chief minister TS Rawat has accepted on camera that the majority of the accidents in Uttarakhand are happening due to the over loading of private buses and his government would ensure that this trend is averted in the near future.

During the last two years there have been rapid increase in the accidents of heavy vehicles in Uttarakhand but the transport department of the state has been extremely complacent and untrust worthy towards the passengers as they never penalised any bus operator or the drivers for such fatalities nor have they initiated any efforts to avert these fatal accidents.

It seems as if there is literally no administration functioning in the state. In this particular case the entire state’s political and administrative appratus including the chief minister has come into action after prime minister Narendra Modi personally intervened in the matter and expressed his grief and condolences through tweet including financially helping the bereaved families.

The traffic in the Char Dham Yatra Marg has tremendously increased in Uttarakhand and the speeding traffic of the outsiders not exactly knowing the geography of the routes and not well versed with hilly roads as well, are also also responsible for such fatal accidents.

The blind turns of hilly roads are devoid of strong iron railings and the transport department is also lacking putting indication boards and hoardings in majority of the hilly routes resulting in the tourists not able to have exact idea about various road indicators.

These days Uttarakhand is the victim of severe road accident fatalities as well as the maneater attacks but little seem to have been done to provide relief to its inhabitants in both the above contexts.