Date:02/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/02/stories/2008100252700300.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Ex gratia for victims

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy has agreed to sanction financial assistance of Rs. 1 lakh to each of the 12 persons who died in a road accident in Nallacheruvu mandal headquarters in Anantapur district on Monday.

The Chief Minister said Rs. 1-lakh would be paid to the next of the kin of the deceased while Rs. 10,000 each would be paid to the 15 injured persons.