New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today announced in Lok Sabha an ex-gratia payment of Rs five Lakh to the next of kin and employment to one dependent of each deceased in the Coromandel Express mishap.
Making a suo motu statement in the Lower House soon after the interim Budget was presented, Prasad said, "I have ordered payment of ex-gratia of Rs five Lakh to the next of kin of each deceased, Rs 50,000 to grievously injured and Rs 10,000 to simple injured.....One dependent of each of the deceased will also be given employment in the Railways." The stipulated compensation upto Rs 4 Lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and to the injured as may be decided by the Railway Claims Tribunal will be payable in addition to this ex-gratia amount, Prasad said.
He told the House that a probe is on into the accident. "Statutory inquiry into the above accident shall be conducted by the Commissioner of Railway Safety," he said.
Nine passengers of the Howrah-Chennai Coromondel Express were killed when the train derailed at Jajpur-Keonjhar Road station in Orissa on February 13. Five passengers were grievously injured while 121 passengers suffered minor injuries, Prasad told the House.
Sixteen coaches of train had derailed. PTI
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