PM Modi announces ex-gratia for bereaved families of Sivaganga road accident

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The mangled remains of the 2  TNSTC buses that collided connected  November 30, 2025

The mangled remains of the 2 TNSTC buses that collided connected November 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, connected Monday (December 1, 2025), announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh to families of each of those who were killed successful a road mishap successful Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu connected Sunday (November 30) evening.

“The nonaccomplishment of lives owed to a mishap successful Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu is profoundly saddening. My thoughts are with those who person mislaid their loved ones. I commune that the injured retrieve soon. An ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF would beryllium fixed to the adjacent of kin of each deceased. The injured would beryllium fixed ₹50,000: PM,” a societal media station by the Prime Minister’s bureau said.

Earlier connected Sunday, astatine slightest 11 persons were killed and 50 others were injured erstwhile 2 buses of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) collided near Nachiyarpuram at Thirupathur in Sivaganga district. A autobus proceeding from Karaikudi to Devakottai and different travelling from Devakottai to Dindigul collided near Vivekananda Polytechnic College.

A preliminary enquiry revealed that some buses were going connected the constrictive roadworthy astatine precocious speed. The aforesaid night, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had announced a solatium of ₹3 lakh each for the families of the deceased, a compensation of ₹1 lakh each for those who sustained superior injuries, and ₹50,000 each for those who suffered insignificant injuries.

Published - December 01, 2025 02:36 p.m. IST

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