PM Modi Announces Ex Gratia After Sikkim Tunnel Collapse

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and took stock of the situation arising out of a tunnel collapse in Namchi district.

The PM announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 for the injured. Eight workers were killed after the tunnel that was under construction collapsed following a landslide on July 20, Tamang announced earlier on



Tuesday.

"Anguished by the loss of lives due to the collapse of an under-construction tunnel in Namchi, Sikkim. I extend my deepest condolences to the bereaved families. 

I pray that those injured recover at the earliest," Modi said in a post on X. The prime minister said an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 will be given to those injured in the incident from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.