Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday announced Rs 5 lakh each to the family of those killed in a road accident in Dharwad district.
Nine persons, including three children were killed, while 12 others were injured when a tempo taxi in which they were travelling hit a roadside tree near Baad village in Dharwad, in the early hours of Saturday.
"On the request of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Rs 5 lakh each will be given from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the family of nine people who died in a road accident at Baad village in Dharwad. This accident was unfortunate, I pray for peace to the deceased souls," Bommai said on Twitter.