NEW DELHI: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 3.5 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 for those critically injured in Patna-Indore Express derailment incident, in which 63 people have lost their lives. 

Prabhu also announced compensation of Rs. 25,000 for those who sustained minor injuries.

“Ordered Member Traffic to monitor the disaster management controll room personally. He's on job with his entire team,” he tweeted.

The Ministry of Railways tweeted, “ADRM & CMS Jhansi  reached site MoS @Manojsinhabjp w/ Rly Bd members ME ,MRS & GM one way to site,MR @sureshpprabhu personally monitoring.”

The Ministry stated that the stranded passengers are being moved from site to the Malasa station, adding that the injured passengers are moved to the Kanpur Dehat hospital.
 
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have reached the spot and have swung into action along with the police in pulling out bodies and providing aid to the victims.