Jagan demands Rs 10L each to lorry crash victims’ kin

YSRCP president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today demanded that the State government pay Rs 10 lakh ex gratia to kin of each family of 16 lorry accident victims of Gundepally.

After consoling victims’ families, Jagan said the government should pay Rs 10 lakh to each bereaved family and Rs 3 lakh each to those who sustained injuries. He also said the APGENCO and its contractors were responsible for the accident as lorry driver allowed to carry laborers in violation of rules. (NSS)