Mata Vaishno Devi stampede: PM Modi condoles deaths, publicizes ex-gratia

Top Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of a entire lot of devotees in a stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday (January 1).Taking to microblogging living, the PM tweeted: “Extraordinarily saddened by the lack of lives due to this of a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan. Condolences to the bereaved families. Would possibly perchance additionally merely the injured get higher quickly. Spoke to JK LG Shri 
@manojsinha_
 Ji, Ministers Shri 
@DrJitendraSingh
 Ji, 
@nityanandraibjp
 Ji and took inventory of the diagram back.”

Extraordinarily saddened by the lack of lives due to this of a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan. Condolences to the bereaved families. Would possibly perchance additionally merely the injured get higher quickly. Spoke to JK LG Shri @manojsinha_ Ji, Ministers Shri @DrJitendraSingh Ji, @nityanandraibjp Ji and took inventory of the diagram back.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 1, 2022

He additionally announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every from PMNRF to the next of kinfolk of these that misplaced their lives due to this of the stampede, while the injured would be given Rs 50,000.Within the meantime, Jammu and Kashmir L-G Manoj Sinha additionally announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the next of kinfolk of these that died within the stampede and Rs 2 lakh for the injured.The stampede took place advance gate quantity three outdoors the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine atop Trikuta hills.The stampede changed into attributable to a heavy urge of devotees who personal attain to pay their obeisance to mark the beginning of the Contemporary 365 days, the officials acknowledged.Senior officials and shrine board representatives are on the contrivance.Officials acknowledged 12 other folks died within the stampede and their our bodies personal been eliminated to a successfully being facility within the Katra crude camp for identification and other right formalities.Twenty extra other folks personal been injured and a majority of them are undergoing therapy at Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Scientific institution, the officials acknowledged, in conjunction with that the condition of 4 of the injured changed into stated to be “serious”.The officials acknowledged the shrine changed into beginning and devotees personal been paying obeisance unless final reports got right here in. (With agency inputs)