Tulsi Ram Jaiswal – Bhatapara. 9 dead bodies were taken out one after the other in Bhatapara, Chhattisgarh. The last rites were performed under traditional rules. In which some were burnt, while some were buried. Village Khilora had been converted into a police cantonment, despite the gathering like a fair in the village, there was silence. Tears in the eyes and the pain of losing oneself and the sounds of crying were echoing in the ears.
A truck and a pickup vehicle collided head-on in village Khamaria of Bhatapara at around 11 pm on Thursday, February 23. In this, out of about 35 people in the pickup vehicle, 11 died on the spot and about 20 injured were sent to Balodabazar Hospital for treatment. Postmortem of the dead was done and sent to home village Khilora. Where a large number of police forces were deployed. Demanding compensation, the villagers refused to remove the dead bodies from the vehicle. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured. But the villagers kept waiting for the announcement of the state government and did not allow the dead body to be taken down from the vehicle and started protesting. About three hours later, when the state government announced Rs.
The pickup riders had all gone to attend the wedding ceremony.
Tell you that the people of Sahu family of village Khilora had come to village Arjuni to attend the wedding ceremony. On Thursday, February 23, at around 11 pm, they were going back to village Khilora from Arjuni in a pickup vehicle. During this, a truck and a pickup vehicle collided head-on in village Khamaria of Bhatapara. In which out of about 35 people in the pickup, 11 died on the spot and about 20 people were seriously injured. The injured were sent to Balodabazar Hospital for treatment. The post-mortem of the dead was done at around 11 am on Friday morning and sent to their home village Khilora.
Expressing condolences, PM Modi announced compensation
Let us tell you that when this news reached Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the media, Modi immediately expressed his condolences and announced a compensation of two lakh rupees to the relatives of the deceased and fifty thousand rupees to the injured. But the state government only expressed condolences. The enraged villagers started a protest demanding compensation. Meanwhile, former Rajya Sabha MP Chhaya Verma and Sunil Maheshwari reached among the villagers to pacify the villagers. But the villagers did not listen to him. After some time, Bhatapara MLA Shiv Ratan Sharma also reached among the villagers and spoke to the Chief State Secretary regarding the demand of the villagers.
