Lucknow: There has been a severe accident with workers returning to Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh. On Saturday, 24 workers died in a truck collision with a truck. Also, many other workers are reported injured. All have been admitted to the nearest hospital after the accident. Where they are being treated. It is being told that all the workers were coming from Rajasthan.
Auraiya’s DM Abhishek Singh said that the accident happened around 3:30 am on Saturday. 24 people have died in this accident and around 15-20 people have been injured. Most of them are Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of the unfortunate incident that happened in Auraiya. He expressed condolences to the families of the workers who lost their lives in this accident. He has also directed the Commissioner and Inspector General of Kanpur to visit the site.
The chief minister has also directed that all the injured must be provided with medical care immediately and the commissioner and inspector general of police (Kanpur) to visit the site and give a report on the cause of the accident immediately, Awasthi said.
Tens of thousands of people have been walking home from big cities after being laid off because of the lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) since late March.
Millions of workers were left without work across cities and towns in India when the lockdown was announced on March 24, resulting in the first wave of workers going back to their villages.
Every phase of the extension has seen a new wave — the lockdown was extended twice, from April 14 to May 3 and then May 3 to May 17.
