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Death Toll In MP’s Sidhi Rises To 14

By LokMarg 25th February 2023

The death toll in Friday night’s accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district has risen to 14 people, while the count of injured has gone to 56, the police said.

“A total of 14 deaths have been confirmed in the accident so far and 56 people injured. Of these injured, 39 people are undergoing treatment at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Rewa district,” Rewa Superintendent of Police (SP) Mukesh Srivastava said.
Out of 14 deaths, eight died on the spot, two were declared dead at Sidhi district hospital and four died at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, he added.

The accident occurred near Barkhada village close to the Mohania tunnel in the district. Sustained injuries after a truck rammed into two buses from the rear in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district late Friday night, a police official said on Saturday morning.

The buses were carrying people returning from Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally.

The truck reportedly lost control which resulted in the bursting of the tyre. The injured were immediately rushed to the nearby hospital.

Rewa SP Srivastava said, “Two buses were parked, a truck came from behind and got uncontrolled after its tyre got burst, leading to the collision.”

The police’s investigation into this matter is underway.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the loss of lives. Taking to Twitter, Shah said, “The road accident in Sidhi (M.P.) is very sad. I express my deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident. May God give them the strength to bear this sorrow. Treatment is being provided to the injured by the administration. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.”

Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also expressed grief over the incident and he announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next-of-kin of those, who died in Sidhi’s road accident.

He also announced that an amount of Rs 2 lakh each has also been sanctioned for the persons, severely injured in the incident and Rs 1 lakh for people with normal injuries. (ANI)

3 Dead, 213 Injured As Two Earthquakes Shatter Lives In Turkey

By LokMarg 21st February 2023

At least 3 persons were killed and 213 others were injured after the two fresh earthquakes hit Turkey’s Southern Hatay province, Anadolu Agency reported citing Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.

Turkish Interior Minister also stated that the search and rescue operations are underway at three sites.
On Monday evening, two earthquakes jolted Turkey’s southernmost Hatay province, just two weeks after major quakes hit the region, the country’s disaster management agency said.

According to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency citing the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), one of the quakes occured at around 20.04 pm, local time (1704GMT) in the Defence district of Hatay, with a magnitude of 6.4. In contrast, the other quake with a magnitude of 5.8 hit the country three minutes later, with its epicentre being in Hatay’s Samandag province.

The first quake took place at a depth of 16.7 kilometres (10.4 miles), while the second one was at a depth of 7 km (4.3 mi). Both were felt in surrounding areas.

The quakes of two weeks ago, though centred in Kahramanmaras, 100 kilometres or more from Hatay, caused extensive damage in Hatay, reported Anadolu Agency.

AFAD issued warnings urging citizens to avoid coastal areas as a precaution against the risk of a rise in the sea level, which could reach up to 50 centimetres (1.6 feet).

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay called on citizens in the region to stay away from damaged buildings as authorities scan the affected areas.

Turkey is still not out of the pain of losing at least 41,000 people and another earthquake hitting the country, the agency reported.

Millions of people who survived the quake need humanitarian aid, authorities say, with many survivors left homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures. Rescues are now few and far between.

Earlier, Turkey ended rescue efforts in eight out of ten provinces, almost two weeks after a massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, the country’s disaster agency said. (ANI)