Thane: Twenty six persons were killed and 12 injured when a bus collided with a truck and fell into a ravine in Thane district, around 154 km from Thane, today.
The bus carrying a total of 38 passengers was on its way from Thane to Ahmednagar when it fell into the 400-feet Malshej ravines near Tokawade in the morning, an officer in the disaster control management room said.
"As per initial information available with me, a truck collided with the Maharashtra State Road Transport bus, knocking it down the valley," Maharashtra State Road Transport General Manager (Traffic) Suryakant Ambawdekar said.
Twelve injured have been admitted to hospitals in and around Thane and Pune, control room sources said.
Murbad Tehsildar Prashant Joshi said many of the injured comprised women and help had been sought from trekkers to retrieve injured people from the valley.
Maharashtra government this evening announced compensation of Rs two lakh each for the kin of the deceased.
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation's chairman, Jeevan Gore, said the Corporation would give Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the deceased.
The bus carrying a total of 38 passengers was on its way from Thane to Ahmednagar when it fell into the 400-feet Malshej ravines near Tokawade in the morning, an officer in the disaster control management room said.
"As per initial information available with me, a truck collided with the Maharashtra State Road Transport bus, knocking it down the valley," Maharashtra State Road Transport General Manager (Traffic) Suryakant Ambawdekar said.
Twelve injured have been admitted to hospitals in and around Thane and Pune, control room sources said.
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Murbad Tehsildar Prashant Joshi said many of the injured comprised women and help had been sought from trekkers to retrieve injured people from the valley.
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Maharashtra government this evening announced compensation of Rs two lakh each for the kin of the deceased.
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Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation's chairman, Jeevan Gore, said the Corporation would give Rs 3 lakh each to the families of the deceased.
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