The tragedies in the world are not stopping. The incoming of coronavirus and regular deaths are being reported in India and other parts of the world Migrant workers are suffering the most in the lockdown. The inconvenience to reach their hometown has made several of them walk to miles.
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Many road and rail accidents have killed migrant workers and another tragedy has been reported today.
On Saturday, two trucks collided killing 24 migrant workers and leaving many injured. The incident took place around 3-3:30 am.
The circle officer of Auraiya Surendra Yadav said:
“The accident took place in Mihauli in which 24 people died. A trailer truck carrying around 50 migrant labourers was coming from Rajasthan and it collided with a DCM truck. The accident took place on Saturday between 3.00 am and 3.30 am,”
“The DCM truck was coming from Delhi and heading towards Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh. The trailer truck hit the DCM vehicle. Both the vehicles turned upside down after losing control,”
Even the workers could not recall any memory of how the accident happened:
“We spoke to some of the survivors of the accident. Even they could not recall how the accident took place.”
UP CM Aditya Yoginath mourned for the workers’ deaths:
जनपद औरैया में सड़क दुर्घटना में प्रवासी कामगारों/श्रमिकों की मृत्यु दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण एवं दुःखद है, मेरी संवेदनाएं मृतकों के शोक संतप्त परिजनों के साथ हैं।
पीड़ितों को हर संभव राहत प्रदान करने,घायलों का समुचित उपचार कराने व दुर्घटना की त्वरित जांच करवाने के निर्देश भी दिए गए हैं।
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) May 16, 2020
PM Narendra Modi also tweeted:
उत्तर प्रदेश के औरैया में सड़क दुर्घटना बेहद ही दुखद है। सरकार राहत कार्य में तत्परता से जुटी है। इस हादसे में मारे गए लोगों के परिजनों के प्रति अपनी संवेदना प्रकट करता हूं, साथ ही घायलों के जल्द से जल्द स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 16, 2020
It is very sad that we hear such tragic incidents every morning. When will all of this stop?