Kolkata Stampede: 17 Dead at Religious Event Modi Announces Rs 200,000 ex-gratia Assistance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi granted Rs 200,000 to the next of kin of each of the deceased in a stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin community Durga Puja pandal on Muktarambabu Street in North Kolkata on Saturday. Seventeen people were murdered and 25 critically injured.
The West Bengal government was also extending all possible help to the afflicted families, he said. The Prime Minister announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the PMNRF to the next of kin of each of the deceased. “Injured would be given Rs. 50,000,” the PMO tweeted on X.
President Droupadi Murmu also condoled the losses and said the news of the deaths of individuals is exceedingly painful. I feel for all the families that have lost loved ones. The President remarked, “I am praying for the speedy recovery of those injured.
Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan stated he was terribly pained by the fatal incident. Deepest sympathies go to the families who have lost their dear ones. “Praying for speedy recovery of the injured,” VP Radhakrishnan wrote on X.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah cancelled all his Durga Puja-related activities on Sunday and said he is in touch with Chief Minister Shri Suvendu Adhikari about the incident. I have just received the terribly terrible news of several casualties after the stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal. “I pray for the peace of the souls of the deceased persons in this unfortunate accident and express my deepest condolences to the bereaved family members.
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