At the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in the city where at

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Last Updated : Feb 11 2013 | 4:15 PM IST
least 25 injured persons are admitted, some of them in a critical condition, Divisional Commissioner of Allahabad Devesh Chaturvedi and Dr S P Singh, Principal of Motilal Nehru Medical College to which the hospital is attached, were mobbed by people angry over "lack of proper care and facilities". The officials, who had visited the hospital to take stock of the relief work, had a tough time assuaging the frayed tempers. Some of the bereaved people complained that they were being prevented from taking away the bodies of their near and dear ones. The official requested them to "have patience till the post-mortem and other formalities" were complete. Similar scenes were witnessed at the Railway hospital, situated close to the station, where 14 others who have sustained injuries in the stampede that had occurred near platform number 6, are undergoing treatment. In Delhi, Railway Minister P K Bansal announced Rs one lakh as compensation for the families of those killed in the stampede. "We have announced Rs 1 lakh announced for the next kin of the deceased in the incident and Rs 50,000 for the grievously injured persons and Rs 25,000 for those who have suffered simple injury in the stampede," he said. About the arrangement, he said 220 trains were arranged for the occasion besides 212 regular trains which pass through Allahabad and adjoining stations. "There are enclosures made for catering to the passengers for 220 special trains. Now we are pressing more trains to clear the rush," he said. "There are three more holy baths in the coming days. We have to strengthen the arrangement," he said.
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First Published: Feb 11 2013 | 4:15 PM IST

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