Migrant workers run over by truck cremated

Migrant workers from Rajasthan who were killed after a truck ran over them in Kosamba city in Surat were cremated in Banswara. Police officers and political leaders were present at the funeral.

Jaipur: Fifteen people, including a one-year-old girl from Rajasthan, who were killed after a dumper truck ran over them on Tuesday night, were cremated in Banswara on Wednesday. The bodies reached Kushalgarh at midnight and were taken to the respective homeland of the deceased in a truck by completing the journey via road.

Due to the bad roads, it was difficult to reach with the dead body brought in the sleeper coach bus from Surat.

TAD Minister of Rajasthan Government Arjun Singh Bamania, MLA Ramila Khadia, District Head Resham Malaviya reached the spot and paid tributes to the dead.

PMO announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for the kin of those who had died, and Rs 50,000 to those who had been injured. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 Lakhs each to the next of the kin of those who lost their lives in the accident.

Rajasthan CMAshok Gehlotsaid that the state govt will also provide Rs 2 lakh compensation to the family of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those injured from CM Relief Fund.

The tragedy took place near Kosamba village, around 60 km from Surat, police said. The truck driver, who apparently lost control over the vehicle after hitting a sugarcane laden tractor, has been booked under sections of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act, police said.

the truck driver and the vehicle’s ‘cleaner’ were also injured in the accident and are being treated at a hospital. The truck ran over the migrant construction workers on the Kim-Mandvi road shortly after midnight.