Gopeshwar, Uttarakhand: Family of each man who died in the Chamoli tunnel tragedy will get ₹2 lakh, and the injured ₹50,000, from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, according to a statement issued on Thursday.
Chamoli District Magistrate Gaurav Kumar said a letter on the matter was received from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
On August 13, around 22 workers were trapped inside the three-kilometre-long tunnel in Chamoli's Pipalkoti due to a landslide and inundation.
Eleven workers died in the incident, while 11 were injured.