Amarnath flash floods | Control room opened, assistance assured, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a control room — 033-22143526 — has been opened at the State Secretariat Nabanna.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed condolences on July 9 to the families of those who died in the Amarnath flash floods, assuring all forms of assistance to the affected.
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Ms. Banerjee added that a control room — 033-22143526 — has been opened at the State Secretariat Nabanna.
At least 16 people were killed as tents and community kitchens near the cave shrine were swamped with mud and rocks that came hurtling down with a gush of water after a spell of rain on Friday evening.
A woman from Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district is among the deceased and 12 people from Jalpaiguri are stranded there, according to Nabanna sources.
"Shocked and stunned by the Amarnath disaster. Sincere condolences to kins [sic] of the victims, solidarity to the trapped and stranded," Ms. Banerjee tweeted.
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