Ranchi Mar 23 PTI The Jharkhand government on Wednesday announced an increase in the solatium given to kin of the victims of hit-and-run road accidents to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 25000The announcement was made weeks after the Centre announced a similar hike in the solatium to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 25000If the Centre is providing Rs 2 lakh compensation we will also give Rs 2 lakh The total will be Rs 4 lakh Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam said in the state assembly replying to a query by BJP legislator Raj SinhaSinha demanded to know whether the government was increasing the compensation for the victims of road accidents BJP MLA Biranchi Narayan also raised the same matterSinha also raised concerns over fewer recorded road accident deaths in the stateThe Centre had on February 25 had notified the eight-fold increase in solatium for death in hit-and-run cases to Rs 2 lakh from April 1India accounts for about 5 lakh road accidents every year in which about 15 lakh persons are killed and around 3 lakh are crippled -- one of the highest in the world PTI NAM SOM SOM
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