Published : New Indian Express
/23-Jan-2017
The Odisha Government announced ex gratia compensation of ` five lakh each for the next of the kin of those who died in the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express derailment at Kuneru in Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting in the morning and directed the Chief Secretary, the DGP and the Health Secretary to rush to Rayagada to monitor the situation. Naveen also spoke to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Shri N Chandrababu Naidu and requested him to support to the victims.