Panathur Bus Accident Case: Family of 7 deceased individuals to receive relief funds of Rs 2 lakhs
Puttur: The Karnataka government has announced individual relief package of Rs 2 lakhs to be granted to the family of the 7 deceased individuals, including 5 people from the Puttur Vidhana Sabha constituency, who reportedly died in the private Bus accident that occurred 9 months ago at the Karnataka-Kerala border in Panathur in Kasaragod Taluk.
On January 3rd, a private bus accommodating a wedding party reportedly got into an accident at Pariyam near Panathur after the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle as the bus rolled and fell resulting in the death of 7 individuals. A resident of Chanila in Balnadu village in Puttur, Choma Naik’s son, Rajesh (38) and his son Adarsh (14), resident of Kunjuru Panja of Aryapura village, Narayan Naik’s daughter Sumathi (26), resident of Aarlapadavu Ardhamoole in Panaje village, Narayan Naik’s son Shreyas (13), resident of Ajjikallu Kalenjila in Bettampady village, Vasanta Naik’s wife Jayalakshmi (36), resident of Kukkanduru of Jalsur village in Sulya Taluk, Narayan Naik’s son Ravichandra (46) and the operator of the bus, a resident of Narikombu in Bantwal Taluk, Shridhar Poojary’s son Shashidhar have been identified as the deceased.
They were reportedly going from Puttur’s Balnadu in a private bus to join a wedding party. The private bus did not possess a Kerala license, it is learned. At Panathur region, which falls in the border of Karnataka but is also a part of Kerala, the driver of the private bus reportedly lost control of the vehicle causing the disastrous accident.
In this regard, the government has reportedly categorized the incident as a special case and announced a relief package of Rs 2 lakhs for the families of the 7 deceased individuals, amounting to a total of 14 lakh rupees relief fund.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
