Tarn Taran accident: Punjab CM announces Rs 5 lakh each for families of deceased

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the family members of those who were killed in an accident involving two buses in Tarn Taran.

Five people, including four pilgrims, were killed and more than 15 others injured after two Punjab government-run pilgrimage buses collided on National Highway-54 near Naushehra Pannuan in Tarn Taran district on Saturday.

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The buses were carrying pilgrims under the state government's 'Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra Scheme', with 37 people travelling in them.

Mann on Sunday visited a hospital in Amritsar where he enquired about the health of the injured.

Speaking to reporters in Amritsar, Mann called it an unfortunate incident.

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The CM also announced Rs one lakh each for those who were injured in the accident.

The accident occurred when the driver of one of the buses, in an attempt to avoid a motorcycle, crossed the road divider and collided with an oncoming bus travelling in the opposite direction.

Among the five dead, four were pilgrims and one was a motorcycle pillion rider.

Both buses were carrying pilgrims under the state government's 'Mukh Mantri Tirath Yatra Scheme', under which people aged 50 years and above are eligible to undertake pilgrimages.

The Punjab government provides air-conditioned sleeper bus travel, accommodation and food free of cost to eligible pilgrims.