Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 22: National Conference (NC) president and MP from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah today sought Rs 20 lakh ex-gratia for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the tragic tunnel collapse incident on Srinagar-Jammu highway.
In a statement, he said that the deceased were the sole breadwinners for their poor families. The unfortunate turn of events, he said, has left the victim families in dire straits. He implored upon the LG administration to reach out to the affected families.
Pertinently, 10 labourers – five from West Bengal, two each from J&K and Nepal, and one from Assam – died after a landslide hit the mouth of the adit tunnel to T4 on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Khooni Nallah in Ramban on Thursday night.
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