Updated On: 26 August, 2024 12:23 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Additionally, the families of both the victims are entitled to interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum from the date of filing the claim, the Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal ordered. The Tribunal chairman held the firm liable for the accident and ordered them to pay the compensation

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The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of more than Rs 48 lakh to the families of two cousins who lost their lives in a road accident in December 2014, news agency PTI reported.
The victims, 40-year-old Shyam Gopal Farde and Gurunath Govind Farde, 26, were residents of Farde Pada in Thane district`s Shahapur area. The duo died after their two-wheeler was struck by a vehicle in Shelavli village on December 5, 2014.