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Kolkata Durga Puja stampede: PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh for families of deceased, Rs 50,000 for injured

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each person killed in the stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata. The injured will receive Rs 50,000 each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF).