Hyd students drowning tragedy in Himachal : Rs 20 lakh for kin ordered

Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered an ex-gratia compensation of 20 lakh rupees each to the families of 24 students of Hyderabad based College who were washed away in Beas River. The unfortunate incident had occured in Thalout area of Mandi district in the state on 8th of June 2014. The Court took suo moto cognizance of this incident on a media report and treated it as PIL. Our correspondent reports that these B. Tech students were on a tour to tourist spot Manali from Hyderabad.