Jhansi hospital fire: PM Modi announces ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for next of kin of each deceased
The Hindu
Tragic fire at Jhansi Medical College claims 10 children's lives, PM Modi offers condolences and financial aid.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (November 16, 2024) condoled the death of children in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of a medical college in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased.
At least 10 children died in a fire that engulfed the children's ward of the medical college in Jhansi district, officials said, as 16 others injured battled for life on Saturday, November 16, 2024.
District Magistrate (DM) Avinash Kumar told reporters that the fire broke out around 10.45 p.m. on Friday in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College possibly due to an electrical short circuit.
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"Heartbreaking! The fire accident at Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh is heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences to those who lost their innocent children in this. I pray to God to give them the strength to bear this immense loss," Modi was quoted as saying in a post in Hindi on X by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
"The local administration, under the supervision of the state government, is making every possible effort for relief and rescue," he said.
In another post, the PMO said Prime Minister Modi has announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for the next of kin of each deceased in the mishap in the fire accident at the Jhansi Medical College in Uttar Pradesh.
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