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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 16, 2020, condoled the loss of lives due to the road accident in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, according to a PIB release.
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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।
It may be mentioned here that 24 migrant workers were killed and 36 others were injured at Auraiya in UP after two trucks collided around 3 am on May 16, 2020. Auraiya is about 200 km away from Lucknow and 400 km away from Delhi. Both the trucks were carrying the labourers. Most of the migrant labourers in both the vehicles were from Jharkhand and West Bengal, according to sources.
The accident took place when some workers travelling on the truck coming from Delhi stopped on Auraiya-Kanpur Dehat Road to have tea at al shop. At this point of time, a truck coming from Rajasthan hit the stationary vehicle. The intensity of the hit was so huge that both the vehicles turned upside down and fell into a ditch on the roadside.