Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Sunday announced that it will provide jobs to one dependent from each victim’s family killed in a bus accident that took place at Raigad district and claimed 30 lives.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena also announced compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to each victim’s family killed in the incident.
On Saturday, the bus was carrying 31 passengers when it fell into a 500-feet deep gorge in Ambenali Ghat in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. Only one of the passengers survived the accident.
Raigad guardian minister Ravindra Chavan had said that bus fell down into the gorge due to the driver’s fault.
On Sunday, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) called off the rescue operation in Ambenali Ghat after recovering all 30 bodies from the site of the accident. (ANI)