Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the loss of lives in the tragic bus accident at Mahanadi River Bridge in Odisha’s Cuttack yesterday.
The Prime Minister has also wished for the earliest recovery of the injured ones.
Condolences to those who lost their loved ones due to the bus accident in Cuttack, Odisha. May the injured recover at the earliest: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 21, 2018
At least 10 people were killed and several others sustained critical injury when a private bus carrying over 30 passengers fell off Mahanadi bridge in Cuttack last evening.
The deceased have been identified as Anita Acharya, Basanta Kumar Pradhan, Aswini kumar Behera, Manas Tripathy, Santosh kumar Das, Minati Behera, Purna Chandra Maharana, PK Mohapatra, Kumar Soumya Ranjan, Barsarani Pani.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of the kin of the deceased.
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Ms Kalinga