The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, is grieved to learn about the loss of lives and injuries sustained by the persons in the bus accident of 19-9-2016 near Bennipatti, Madhubani District, Bihar; and the bus accident of of 20-9-2016 near Muhawa village, Attari, Amritsar district, Punjab.
He has sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the persons deceased, and Rs. 50,000 each to the seriously injured, from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.