FINAL REPORT OF GODHRA TRAIN INCIDENT
RAJYA SABHA
A judicial inquiry
is under process by the State Government.
Fiftynine passengers
died out of which 52 were identified and 7 were not identified.
The break is as under : loss of life included male 21, female
26, children 5 and not identified 7.
Dead passengers belonging
to Gujarat State were 47 and Uttar Pradesh State five. Bodies
of 7 passengers have not been identified so far, hence, their
state of domicile not available.
Fiftytwo bodies have
been identified and ex-gratia amounting to Rs. 7.80 lakhs paid
to their next of kins. Seven dead bodies could not be identified.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from Shri Abu Asim Azmi in the
Rajya Sabha today.