CM Yogi announces Rs 2 lakh for kin of UP residents killed in TN train fire
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday expressed grief over the deaths in a fire that broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the Madurai railway station in Tamil Nadu.
He also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of people from Uttar Pradesh who died in the incident.
At least 10 people were “reported dead” in the fire inside the train compartment. The “private party coach” with 65 passengers had arrived from Lucknow, according to the Southern Railways.
