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Badulla bus accident victims to receive compensation

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Transport Service Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has issued instructions to provide compensation to the victims of yesterday’s (Jan 6) bus accident in Badulla.

Amaraweera had instructed the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) to grant a compensation of Rs 50,000 for a deceased victim. The death toll of the accident stands at 12.

Injured victims are also to be granted compensation by the SLTB.

Yesterday's accident had occured when the bus belonging to the SLTB had tumbled off a precipice along the Passara - Madulsima road leaving 12 dead and atleast 30 injured.

(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)

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