[Jhabua (MP)] 82 killed in Jhabua Explosion,PM Condoled,CM Announced Ex Gratia@2 Lakh Each
82 killed in Jhabua Explosion ,PM Condoles .CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the loss of lives due to the cylinder blast in Jhabua.
PM Said “Extremely pained at the loss of lives due to the cylinder blast in Jhabua. My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased.
I wish all those injured a speedy recovery. MP Govt. is monitoring the situation closely”,
Eighty-two people were killed and 49 others injured when a huge pile of explosives kept inside a building went off at Petlwad town in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh this morning
An adjacent building and number of other houses in the vicinity were extensively damaged in the high-impact explosion compounding the tragedy.
The injured are undergoing treatment in various nearby hospitals.
According to Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), Petlawad, A R Khan, the explosion took place around 8.30 AM at Petlawad town, at a store in the building where a large amount of explosive material used for mines were kept.
The exact number of casualties will be known once the rescue operations are over as many people are suspected to be still trapped in the debris,
Earlier, police had said that the explosion was caused by a cooking gas cylinder kept in the adjacent three-storeyed building housing a hotel.
A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been dispatched to Jhabua to help in the salvage operations of the collapsed building.
“A team equipped with gadgets to operate in collapsed structures has been sent to the accident site in Jhabua from Vadodara in Gujarat.