A tractor trolley carrying pilgrims overturns in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, and at least 22 women including children were killed.
The devotees were returning from Unnao and an update reports that 22 pilgrims, all women, and children drowned as a tractor fell into a pond in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Following the accident, the police reached the spot and started the rescue operation along with the locals.
The injured were sent to the community health center immediately for treatment.
Further details into the matter are awaited.
“The very heart-wrenching accident in the Ghatampur area. The tractor trolley fell into a water-filled pit, 20 people died, many children also included..!!”
The video below is disturbing to watch with dead bodies being taken out of the water pond.
कानपुरः घाटमपुर इलाक़े में बहुत ही बड़ा हृदय विदारक हादसा।
ट्रैक्टर ट्रॉली पानी भरे गड्ढे में गिरी, 20 लोगों के मौत की सूचना, कई बच्चे में भी शामिल..!! pic.twitter.com/HwO5Rh8Iny
— Dinesh Kumar (@DineshKumarLive) October 1, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next kin of each of the deceased while the injured would be given Rs 50,000, said the Prime Minister’s Office.
“Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and dear ones. Prayers with the injured. The local administration is providing all possible assistance to the affected tweeted the PMO.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the senior officers have been instructed to reach the spot immediately.
“The road accident in Kanpur district is very heart-wrenching. The District Magistrate and other senior officers have been directed to reach the spot immediately and conduct relief and rescue operations on a war footing and make arrangements for proper treatment of the injured. Wishing a speedy recovery to the injured,” Yogi tweeted.
“The loss of life in this accident is very sad. My condolences are with the bereaved family. Praying to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at his feet and the families of the dead to bear this unfathomable loss,” he added in his tweet.