By all counts, it was an unsafe venue, but the organisers, led by a Congress councilor’s husband, still succeeded in getting a no-objection certificate from the police and didn’t deem it necessary to get a permission from the municipal corporation and the pollution department, which otherwise form a mandatory condition for organising such functions.
At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured after a crowd of Dussehra revellers while watching burning of Ravana effigy, was run over by a train near Amritsar.
At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train.
Railway authorities in Punjab and New Delhi defended themselves saying that they had not been informed about the Dusshera event at the spot.
Relief and rehabilitation efforts have been mounted by the state government on a war footing, with all necessary administrative and police personnel on the job, said the CM.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Rs 2 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured, while Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for the deceased and free treatment for the injured
