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Seven charred to death in bus mishap near Kalburagi in Karnataka; PM expresses deep grief over loss of lives

<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the road accident in Karnataka's Kalaburagi district. In a tweet on Friday, Mr. Modi said, his thoughts are with those who have lost their loved ones due to this tragedy. He prayed for the speedy recovery of injured. He said, the local administration has been helping the affected person.<br />''<br />'' Seven passengers including two children were charred to death in a road accident that occurred in the early morning today in the outskirts of Kalburgi district near Kamalapura taluk.<br />''<br />''The private bus carrying 29 passengers collided with a car and caught fire. While 22 passengers escaped, the rest were charred to death.<br />''<br />''The bus was completely gutted in the fire. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has expressed grief over the death and has wished early recovery for those injured in the accident. The bus was carrying passengers from Goa and going back to Hyderabad. The deceased were from Telangana.<br />''<br />''Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has announced 3 lakh rupees ex-gratia each to the deceased and 50,000 rupees to every injured person in Kalaburagi road mishap in Karnataka. He asked Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to take measures in this regard.<br />''<br />''He further instructed State Medical and Health minister T Harish Rao and Minister T Srinivas Yadav to shift the bodies to their native places in coordination with the officials and provide medical treatment to the injured. Eight persons, from Telangana died in the road accident in Karnataka.</span>

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