Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede: What We Know So Far
The dead include 13 women and a child.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered condolences over the deaths of 17 people and injuries sustained by 25 others in a tragic stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, also expressed her grief, along with other top leaders including Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and West Bengal Governor R.N.
Ravi. The ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF is to be given to the families of those who lost their lives, while the injured will receive Rs. 50,000.
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