The government will provide Tk one lakh to each families of the brick kiln workers who were killed when a coal-laden truck overturned at Chouddagram upazila, Cumilla on Friday.

Besides, the families of the injured will get Tk 50,000 each, said Akhterul Islam, public relation officer of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Saturday morning, reports the UNB.

The PRO said State Minister for Labour and Employment Munnujan Sufian made the announcement to provide the compensation from Labour Welfare Fund.

Thirteen brick kiln workers were killed and four others injured when the coal-laden truck overturned on a labour shed at a brick field in Chouddagram Upazila’s Narayanpur early Friday.