At the least 26 pilgrims, most of them ladies and youngsters, had been killed and greater than 20 severely injured when a tractor trolley overturned and fell right into a pond in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district on Saturday, officers mentioned.
The tractor, with 50 folks on board, was getting back from Chandrika Devi temple in Unnao when the tragedy struck close to Ghatampur space in Kanpur.
The injured had been moved to a neighborhood hospital and the police and locals had been concerned in rescue operations. In horrific scenes, folks with naked palms had been seen retrieving our bodies from the pond.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish and introduced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh every for the households who’ve misplaced a member within the accident. The injured shall be given a monetary help of Rs 50,000 every.
Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their close to and expensive ones. Prayers with the injured. The native administration is offering all attainable help to the affected: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 1, 2022
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath too mourned the lack of lives and despatched senior ministers Rakesh Sachan and Ajit Pal to the location to supervise the relief-and-rescue measures.
Quickly after the incident, he additionally appealed to folks to not use a tractor-trolley for transport. A tractor-trolley must be used for agricultural work and to switch items, he pressured. He’s personally monitoring the rescue operation, a authorities spokesperson mentioned in Lucknow.