Odisha train tragedy: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid her last respects to those who lost their lives in three tragic accidents in Odisha. While interacting with media persons there, Banerjee announced that the state government has decided to provide government jobs to the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the horrific train accident. Banerjee also said that the families of those who lost their limbs in the accident would also be given government jobs. He later launched a scathing attack on the Center and the Railways as the board had demanded a CBI inquiry into the same matter.
One member of the victim’s family should be given a job
Speaking to the media, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “In the Balasore accident, some people lost their hands and legs. For such people, our government has decided that we will give a special home guard job to one of their family members.” ” People in Howrah.
“I will again visit Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. On Wednesday, we will hand over ex-gratia checks and job letters to the families of the victims of the Odisha train accident,” Banerjee said.
The TMC supremo also responded to the Railway Board’s demand for a CBI probe into the Balasore train accident, saying, “We want people to know the truth. This is not the time to suppress the truth.”
Mamta has announced to give jobs to the relatives of those killed in the train accident.
Earlier in the day, he had canceled his four-day visit to Darjeeling at the last moment. According to sources, he canceled his trip to oversee the treatment and rehabilitation of passengers from the state who were injured in the train accident.
Sources in the secretariat said the Trinamool Congress chief was to visit Darjeeling, where she was to meet members of all political parties in the Hills ahead of the panchayat elections to be held later this year. “She wants to stay in Kolkata and see how the injured passengers from West Bengal are rehabilitated and treated who were aboard the Coromandel Express which met with an accident. She will visit the Hills later.”
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