Badal announces grant of Rs. ten lakh each to bereaved families of pilots

Chandigarh: The Punjab government's official plane, C-90 King Air,crashed near Ludhiana this morning,killing both pilots on the spot.
According to Harcharan Bains, Media Advisor to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the bodies of the two hapless pilots would be cremated with full state honours. The Chief Minister " profoundly regretted" his inability to attend the funeral because of his participation in the 300th Guruta Gaddi functions in Huzur Sahib (Maharashtra).He has however deputed Dr.Upinderjit Kaur, Education and Civil Minister, Punjab, to represent him at the funeral.
Bains said that the Chief Minister has also announced a grant of Rs. ten lakhs to each of the bereaved families.Badal has rushed the Secretary and the Director, Civil Aviation, Vishawjeet Khanna and Gagandeep Singh Brar respectively to the crash site. The Chief Minister has also expressed "deep shock and sorrow" over the tragic demise of the pilots, Dalip. Kataria and Manjit Singh both of whom, he said, were "proud assets of the state."
Bains disclosed that the DGCA, Government of India, has constituted a two-member team to conduct an inquiry into the accident.
30/10/08 PunjabNewsline.com

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