Maharashtra bus accident: Govt announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to families of victims

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the 26 deceased in horrific bus accident on Samruddhi Mahamarg in Buldhana. He further said that the government will mull over safety measures on the newly-launched highway as several accidents have been reported recently. Twenty five bus passengers were charred to death after the vehicle caught fire on the Samruddhi Expressway. The private travels bus was on way from Nagpur to Pune when it rammed into a divider around 1.30 am near Sindkhedraja in Buldhana district.