{"id":330323,"date":"2021-01-19T04:32:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330323"},"modified":"2021-01-19T04:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T04:32:29","slug":"several-labourers-killed-as-truck-runs-over-them-in-gujarat-pm-condoles-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/several-labourers-killed-as-truck-runs-over-them-in-gujarat-pm-condoles-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Several labourers killed as truck runs over them in Gujarat; PM condoles death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301787 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/accident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/accident.jpg 748w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/accident-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/accident-696x471.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/accident-621x420.jpg 621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/>At least fifteen migrant labourers were killed early Tuesday after a truck ran over them in Gujarat&#8217;s Surat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A truck collided with a tractor loaded with sugarcane after which the truck driver lost balance of his vehicle and drove it over the pavement where a group of daily workers were sleeping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">While 12 persons died on the spot, three died during treatment in a nearby hospital, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All the victims were from Rajasthan&#8217;s Banswara district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe loss of lives due to a truck accident in Surat is tragic. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. Praying that the injured recover at the earliest,\u201d the Prime Minister\u2019s office tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Prime Minister&#8217;s Office (PMO) also announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF (Prime Minister&#8217;s National Relief Fund).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cEx-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the accident in Surat. Rs. 50,000 each would be given to those injured,\u201d PMO tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also condoled the deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDeeply saddened to know many labourers from #Banswara, #Rajasthan have lost lives after a truck ran over them as they were sleeping near the road in #Surat. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayers for speedy recovery of those injured,\u201d Gehlot tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least fifteen migrant labourers were killed early Tuesday after a truck ran over them in Gujarat&#8217;s Surat. A truck collided with a tractor loaded with sugarcane after which the truck driver lost balance of his vehicle and drove it over the pavement where a group of daily workers were sleeping. While 12 persons died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":301787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2838,2014,2026],"tags":[593,10714],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330325,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330323\/revisions\/330325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}