Bengaluru: Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (KKRTC) entered into an agreement with the Union Bank of India on Thursday to provide a scheme of premium-free accident compensation insurance worth Rs 1.2 crore for its staff.

KKRTC Managing Director M Rachappa and Union Bank of India Karnataka Zonal Head Navneet Kumar exchanged the documents related to the agreement at a meeting chaired by Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy.

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Addressing the gathering, Minister Reddy explained, "Taking into consideration the number of deaths as well as cases and intensity of injury to its employees due to accidents in recent times, the KKRTC has gotten into the agreement with Union Bank. It is implementing the insurance scheme in order to provide a substantial amount of money to the dependents of the KKRTC employees in case of the employees' death due to accident while on duty."

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