Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed deep sorrow over the death of 5 Bihari labourers due to suffocation in Sangrur of Punjab on Monday.
He instructed the resident commissioner of Bihar in New Delhi to coordinate with the Punjab government and make arrangements to bring the mortal remains of the deceased to Bihar.
CM also expressed grief over the death of three people in a road accident near Kevali petrol pump under Chandauti police station area in the Gaya district.
Kumar directed the officials concerned on Monday to provide Rs 5 lakh Ex gratia to the kiths of each deceased as per the laid norms.
