Mangled remains of the bus lies on a road after the accident in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Photo: PTI
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of the deceased in the bus-tanker accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao in which 18 people died. The injured would be given Rs 50,000 each.
At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a double-decker bus rammed into a milk tanker on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Unnao district early on Wednesday.