K'taka CM announces Rs 5 lakh each to family of 9 killed in Dharwad accident
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday announced Rs 5 lakh each to the family of those killed in a road accident in the Dharwad district.
Nine persons, including three children, were killed, while 12 others were injured when a tempo taxi in which they were traveling hit a roadside tree near Baad village in Dharwad, in the early hours of Saturday.
''On the request of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Rs 5 lakh each will be given from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the family of nine people who died in a road accident at Baad village in Dharwad. This accident was unfortunate, I pray for peace to the deceased souls,'' Bommai said on Twitter.
Joshi is a Member of Parliament from the Dharwad constituency.
The injured were admitted to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences and Civil Hospital in Dharwad for treatment.
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