Amritsar: Punjab Chief Minster Captain Amarinder Singh rushing to Amritsar to personally supervise relief & rescue in tragic rail accident on Dussehra in Amritsar, where more than 50 people are feared dead and many injured. Punjab government announced Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to kin of each deceased & free treatment to injured in govt & pvt hospitals. District authorities have been mobilised on war footing.
Captain Amarinder’s Israel visit scheduled to begin on October 21 was postponed due to the train accident tragedy in Amritsar today.