Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday 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 Rs 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.
“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,” PM Modi
was quoted as saying in a post in Hindi on X by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
In another post, the PMO said Prime Minister Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 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. The injured would be given Rs 50,000, the PMO said.
