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Shell agrees to compensate Bahawalpur victims after Ogra threatens legal action
[DAWN] Shell Pakistain Limited (SPL) on Wednesday agreed to pay compensation to the victims of June 25 oil transportation accident near Ahmedpur East, leading to deaths of over 215 people, after the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) threatened legal action.After the fuel tanker crashed and started leaking on the side of a highway, hundreds of people from a nearby village rushed to the scene to collect the fuel. They were engulfed in flames when the spill ignited. The Ogra wants Shell to pay $2.4 million, or $9,500 to the heirs of each person killed. In this regard, the regulator had given a deadline to the oil marketing company i.e. until today (Wednesday). The SPL said it was in discussions with relevant authorities over the "means by which this financial assistance can appropriately reach the injured and the families who have lost their loved ones." However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... the subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell did not specify the amount it planned to pay. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-13 |
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