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Amarinder's gift for saviour village
Mansar village got an aid of Rs 10 lakh for helping the victims of train mishap.
Lauding the service rendered by residents of nondescript Harsa Mansar village close to the Tuesday's train accident site, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced a special development grant of Rs ten lakh for the village falling in Hoshiarpur district.
"The government has decided to provide a special development grant of Rs 10 lakh for the Harsa Mansar village for the service rendered by its residents immediately after the train mishap," the leader of the house made this statement on the floor of the assembly in Chandigarh.
The residents of Harsa Mansar village carrying iron rods, axes, ropes and other handy material had rescued scores of injured as the site of collision between Ahmedabad bound Jammu Tawi Express and local train painted a gory picture.
Correcting his statement made in the House on Wednesday that 50 passenger had died in the ghastly accident, the chief minister said "the death toll is 37 and its not 50 as I said."
He said that all the dead and injured were evacuated and shifted to various hospitals. "The injured were provided adequate treatment," he added.
"The cause of the accident is apparently human error," he said.
The Chief Minister, who along with assembly speaker Kewal Krishan and Health minister Romesh Chand Dogra visited the spot on Tuesday, said that four bogies were substantially damaged in the collision.
