Kolkata: During Durga Puja in Kolkata, the wanted of West Bengal, a stampede took yonder the happiness of many families at the Chorbagan puja pandal. In this tragic wrecking that took place on Saturday evening, 19 people died, while 25 people were injured. Some lost their mother, some lost their sister forever. Without the accident, the wrongness of the family members who were searching for their loved ones outside the hospitals moreover came to the fore. Now there is only one question in the minds of the victims' families that who will take responsibility for this tragedy?
Sonu had gone with his mother to watch Durga Puja, then how did the world get destroyed?
Sonu Pal, who lost his mother in this accident, is in deep shock. He had reached the pandal with his mother to watch Durga Puja. According to Sonu, it was raining heavily on Saturday evening and people were moving towards the archway of the pandal to stave the rain. There was a unvarying pushing and shoving among people to go inside.
Sonu told that the pressure of the prod increased so much that the people inside started falling on each other. He too was trapped in the crowd. Without somehow executive himself, he reached his mother, but by then his mother had died. It is difficult for Sonu to express in words the pain of losing his mother.
From whom did Shubham, who lost his sister, ask for answers well-nigh the accident?
Shubham Sonkar lost his 30-year-old sister in this accident. She had gone to visit the puja pandal with family members. There is mourning in Shubham's family without the accident. Recalling the last conversation he had with his sister, he raised the question who would take responsibility for this incident?
According to Shubham, the rest of his group survived safely, but his sister is no increasingly in this world. Financial assistance is necessary for the families who lost their loved ones, but they moreover want to know where the security arrangements went wrong and what steps will be taken to prevent such accidents in the future.
How did the situation go out of tenancy tween rain and crowd?
This wrecking happened at virtually 7:40 pm on Saturday evening at Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal located near Sharda Park of Girish Park police station area. At that time it was raining heavily in Kolkata and the prod of devotees was increasing in the pandal. According to initial information, the situation worsened due to prod pressure and unconnectedness regarding entry and exit. During this time, information well-nigh swoon of a part of the pandal moreover came to light.
However, the very rationalization of the wrecking can be confirmed only without the investigation is completed. 19 people died and 25 were injured in the incident. The injured were treated in hospitals, while relatives of the sufferer arrived to identify their loved ones and collect the bodies.
Why are questions stuff raised on the role of police and administration?
After the accident, local people and the victims' families have raised questions on the security arrangements. Some people so-called that there were not unbearable policemen present at the pandal and the sustentation of the personnel deployed was mainly on the VIP entrance. The unauthentic families say that largest arrangements should have been made to tenancy the prod and deal with emergency situations.
Amidst these allegations, the state government has ordered an investigation. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been worked to probe the specimen and the police have detained 12 people for questioning. In the investigation, aspects like arrangements of the event, police deployment, entry and exit routes and possible negligence will be investigated.
What financial assistance will the families of the deceased get?
Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari has spoken financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the deceased and a government job to one member of the family. It has moreover been spoken to provide assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the injured. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the families of the deceased and Rs 50 thousand each to the injured.
However, the biggest question for the unauthentic families at this time is not just bounty but moreover accountability. They want to know why the security arrangements at the religious event were not unobjectionable and whether this wrecking could have been prevented. Answers to these questions will be misogynist only without the results of the investigation are revealed.
