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At least 24 migrant labourers were killed and 15 were injured after the truck they were travelling in collided with another in Auraiya of Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday.
“The incident took place at around 3:30am. Twenty-four people have died and around 15 have suffered injuries. Most of them are from Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal,” Abhishek Singh, Auraiya’s district magistrate, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his anguish and sadness over the incident
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
According to ANI, the injured have been shifted to hospital. They were coming from Rajasthan, it said.
Reacting to the tragic incident , former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav termed the death of 24 migrant labourers in Auraiya as “indescribable” sadness, saying such accidents are “not deaths, but murders”.
“Indescribable sadness on the death of over 24 poor migrant labourers in UP’s Auraiya. Prayers for the injured persons. Let’s see till when the silence maintained by heartless people and their supporters justify this negligence… despite knowing everything, and seeing everything. Such accidents are not deaths, but murder,” Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi.
उप्र के औरैया में सड़क हादसे में 24 से भी अधिक ग़रीब प्रवासी मज़दूरों की मौत पर अवर्णनीय दुख. घायलों के लिए दुआएँ.
सब कुछ जानकर… सब कुछ देखकर भी… मौन धारण करनेवाले हृदयहीन लोग और उनके समर्थक देखें कब तक इस उपेक्षा को उचित ठहराते हैं.
ऐसे हादसे मृत्यु नहीं हत्या हैं.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 16, 2020
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted his condolences over the tragic incident
उतर प्रदेश के औरैया में सड़क हादसे में 24 मजदूरों की मौत और अनेक लोगों के घायल होने की खबर से आहत हूं।मृतकों के परिवारों के प्रति मैं अपनी गहरी संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूं और घायलों के जल्द स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 16, 2020
