Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "deeply pained" over the incident in which 13 children were killed and eight others injured when a train" rammed into their school van at an unmanned railway crossing" in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar area today.
Interacting with BJP leaders, including the party's candidates, elected members and office-bearers in poll bound Karnataka, through his mobile application, Modi said the Uttar Pradesh government and Railway department would take necessary action.
Modi said he was "deeply pained" over the incident.
"As I was coming amidst you, I got sad news from Uttar"Pradesh's Kushinagar about train ramming into a school bus in"which children were travelling, many children are killed.
It's" a very sad news that I got as I came here," he said.
"Uttar Pradesh government will take"necessary action, Railway department will take necessary"action," the Prime Minister added.
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