UAE to give assistance to road crash victims' families
The UAE government has announced special monetary assistance for the families of the 21 workers, including 19 Bangladeshis, who were killed in a road accident in Al Ain on February 4.
The country will pay one year's salaries to the victims' families, said Shaikh Abdullah Bin Mohammad Bin Butti Al Hamed, under secretary at the ministry of interior, reports Gulfnews.
The ministry issued a statement in this regard on Tuesday.
This is to help the bereaved families until a final legal ruling is issued by the authorities regarding the compensation, said Al Hamed.
The UAE government bore the costs for repatriating the 21 workers' bodies to their home countries.
The body of Wasir Ali, of Sylhet, arrived at MAG Osmani International Airport yesterday while bodies of 18 other Bangladeshis arrived home earlier this week.
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