PM announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh in Varanasi flyover collapse incident

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 16 2018 | 10:30 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of those killed in the Varanasi flyover collapse incident.

He also announced Rs 50,000 each to those seriously injured in the incident, an official statement said.

A portion of a flyover being built by a state-run corporation collapsed on a busy road in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi yesterday, killing at least 18 people as it crushed a mini bus, cars and

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First Published: May 16 2018 | 10:30 PM IST

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