Uttarakhand Bus Accident Insurance Claim: Recently a heart-wrenching news has come from Uttarakhand. A terrible road accident has occurred in Almora district of Uttarakhand. Near Marchula, a bus full of passengers went out of control and fell into a ditch. There were a total of 55 passengers in the bus. Out of which 36 passengers died. Apart from this, many passengers have also been seriously injured.
Currently, relief and rescue work is being done at the site of the terrible accident in Almora, Uttarakhand. NDRF team is also present at the spot for the rescue operation. In case of such accidents in the train, the passengers who have tickets get the insurance money. Will those taking bus tickets also get insurance? What will be the process for this? Let us tell you.
Passengers taking tickets will get insurance money like this
When a passenger is traveling in a bus. So passengers get the facility of insurance from the State Transport Department. When the bus meets with an accident. So in such a situation, insurance money is given to the injured and dead passengers. Insurance money will be given to the passengers who died in the Uttarakhand accident also.
Along with this, those who are injured will also be given insurance claim. For this, the state government or transport department ties up with the insurance companies. Claims are given to the passengers on their own behalf. For this, some necessary action is taken by the department. After that the insurance money is paid.
Who gets insurance?
Not all the people traveling in the bus get the facility of insurance. The facility of insurance is available only to those passengers who have taken the ticket. When people buy bus tickets, insurance money is also included in it. Just as while booking a train ticket, you have to pay some money for insurance.
Similarly, in the bus also you have to pay some money for this. But those who do not take the ticket do not get the benefit of insurance. In case of an accident, only the passengers taking the ticket get the insurance money.
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