Patiala August 25:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sanctioned Rs1 lakh for those who were killed and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured in the Naina Devi stampede on August 3.
MP from Patiala Preneet Kaur said that a letter in this regard had been received by her from Dr Manmohan Singh. She said she had written to the PM on August 5 to give financial assistance as a majority of the people who had been killed in the tragedy were from Patiala district.
She said Dr Singh had informed in a letter that “the sanction has already been conveyed to the state government for grant of Rs 1 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund”.
http://punjabmailonline.com/Punjab_News_news2.aspx#26506
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sanctioned Rs1 lakh for those who were killed and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured in the Naina Devi stampede on August 3.
MP from Patiala Preneet Kaur said that a letter in this regard had been received by her from Dr Manmohan Singh. She said she had written to the PM on August 5 to give financial assistance as a majority of the people who had been killed in the tragedy were from Patiala district.
She said Dr Singh had informed in a letter that “the sanction has already been conveyed to the state government for grant of Rs 1 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund”.
http://punjabmailonline.com/Punjab_News_news2.aspx#26506
