Bengaluru: For the time, the KSRTC has paid Rs 10 lakh to the dependents of a bus passenger killed in a road accident.
On Monday, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and KSRTC Chairman SR Srinivas issued a cheque for Rs 10 lakh to the dependents of GN Amruth, who had died in an accident while travelling by a KSRTC bus.
The bus operator, which previously paid the victims Rs 3 lakh each, increased the sum to Rs 10 lakh with effect from January 1, 2024.
Amruth (34) died on the spot when the KSRTC's Bengaluru-Dharmasthala bus (KA 13/F 2261) met with an accident while negotiating a curve near Bage, Sakleshpur, on February 4.
Reddy said accidents caused an irreparable loss to the family of the deceased and added the KSRTC introduced the scheme to own responsibility.
Published 20 February 2024, 20:31 IST