Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Mann orders ₹50-L relief to kin of PRTC driver

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: Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday directed the state finance department to release a compensati­on of ₹50 lakh to the family of a PRTC driver Manjit Singh, a frontline corona warrior, who had died of a heart attack on his way to bring back devotees from Hazur Sahib in Maharashtr­a in 2020. The Pepsu Road Transport Corporatio­n (PRTC) had sent buses to bring back pilgrims stranded at Takht Hazur Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtr­a, because of the lockdown imposed in the wake of Covid-19.

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