Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the death of many people during the Ganesh idol immersion in Karnataka and said that it is a heartbreaking accident.
Eight people were killed and more than 20 were injured when a truck entered a Ganesh Visarjan Yatra in a village in Hassan district on Friday night.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief over the death of many people during the Ganesh idol immersion in Karnataka and said that it is a heartbreaking accident.
Eight people were killed and more than 20 were injured when a truck entered a Ganesh Visarjan Yatra in a village in Hassan district on Friday night. The condition of at least eight people among the injured remains critical.
Modi posted on ‘X’, “The accident in Hassan, Karnataka is heartbreaking. In this sad time, my sensations are with bereaved families. I hope to recover the injured as soon as possible.” He announced a grant of two lakh rupees from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the family of each deceased. He said that 50-50 thousand rupees will be given to the injured.
