Jai Ram Thakur enquires well being of Banjar bus mishap injured

5 Dariya News

Kullu 21-Jun-2019

Chief Minister  Jai Ram Thakur enquiring well being of injured persons of  Banjar bus accident  at Regional  Hospital Kullu today.Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today visited the regional hospital Kullu to enquire the well being of the injured persons of the bus accident that took place near Banjar area of the Kullu district on Thursday evening.He interacted with all the injured and assured that the state government would provide them best health care facility. He wished them a speedy recovery.The Chief Minister directed the Chief Medical Officer Kullu and his team to make all necessary arrangements immediately if any more injured is required to be referred to other hospital.Later on, while interacting with the media persons, Jai Ram Thakur said that it was a tragic incident which has shocked the entire state. He said that 39 dead bodies were brought to Kullu hospital on Thursday evening for postmortem and except for three unidentified dead, the remaining bodies were handed over to their family members. As many as 37 injured were referred to Kullu after first aid at Banjar hospital out of which five persons including a tourist died.He said that seriously injured eight persons were referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh on Thursday evening only whereas three more persons were referred during the midnight. The district administration has arranged employees to assist the injured referred to Chandigarh. Besides, the doctors of PGIMER, Chandigarh have also been requested for providing best possible treatment to the injured on priority.The Chief Minister said that the Kullu district administration distributed Rs. 10.35 lakh as immediate relief to the family members of the deceased and injured persons on Thursday night.He said that magisterial enquiry has been ordered to find out the reasons for this bus accident and the enquiry committee headed by ADM, Kullu would submit its report shortly.Jai Ram Thakur said that the state government would take more effective steps to check such incidents and stern action would be taken against the bus owners found guilty of overloading.Transport Minister Govind Singh Thakur, MLA from Banjar constituency Surinder Shauri, Vice Chairman of HPMC Ram Singh and Deputy Commissioner Richa Verma accompanied the Chief Minister to the hospital.