Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced ex-gratia to the families of the six migrant workers from Odisha who were killed in an accident at a granite quarry in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
Expressing profound grief over the tragic incident, Majhi announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh each for the families of the six deceased workers from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF).
The deceased workers have been identified as Danda Badatya, Banamala Chehra, Bhashkar Bisoyi and Santosh Goud of Ganjam district and Tukuna Dalei and Musa Jana of Gajapati district.
The Chief Minister, in a post on X, also expressed grief over the incident and conveyed his condolences to the families of the deceased workers.
Notably, around 20 workers were working in the private granite quarry near Ballikurava in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla district when a large portion of its edge collapsed on them. At least six workers were killed at the spot while 10 others sustained critical injuries due to the accident, reports said.
