Sangrur, Oct. 19 -- Eight workers, including six women, were killed and 12 others sustained injuries after a car ran them over on a stretch of the Lehragaga-Jakhal road here on Sunday, with Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann announcing Rs.2-lakh compensation for the families of each deceased.

The car driver, identified as Pargat Singh of Raidharana village, has been arrested, said superintendent of police Palwinder Singh Cheema.

The incident took place near Alisher village, where a group of more than 20 workers enrolled under Viksit Bharat Guarantee Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (earlier called MGNREGA) were engaged in work. Some of them were sitting along the road and drinking water when a speeding car mowed them down, police sai...