Family members of Chorbagan stampede victims outside the Kolkata Police mortuary on Sunday
Kolkata: The Chorbagan pandal tragedy that claimed 19 lives has left several families without their sole breadwinners and a 25-year-old Baranagar resident without both his parents. After visiting their M K Chatterjee Street home on Wednesday, Adhikari announced Rs 50 lakh compensation from the state govt and Rs 4 lakh from the PM’s Relief Fund. Sriparna Poddar, 27, of Baidyabati in Hooghly, was another sole breadwinner. Adhikari visited Sriparna’s parents and handed them a Rs 25 lakh cheque, promising another Rs 2 lakh from the PM’s Relief Fund. In East Burdwan’s Birpur village, under Madhabdihi Police Station, residents mourned Tagar Bej, 37, and her 14-year-old son Sandip Bej. The class 8 student had travelled to Kolkata with his mother, sister, maternal uncle and aunt for pandal-hopping. Compensation has also been sent through the district magistrate to the family of Abhishek Srivastava, 38, and his son Ayansh Kumar Srivastava, 7, from Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
The Sonkar family of Bagmari Lane lost its sole breadwinner, Subham Sonkar, who had gone pandal-hopping with his parents, sister and cousin. He announced a job at a local health centre for her mother, a former nurse, besides old-age pensions for both parents. They were visiting relatives at PB Ghat Road in Agarpara when the tragedy struck. (With inputs from Mohammad Asif) You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolkata | Silver Rate in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Petrol Price in Kolkata | Diesel Price in Kolkata | CNG Price in Kolkata | LPG Price in Kolkata Stay updated with the latest Kolkata news.
CM Suvendu Adhikari offered to become “guardian” to Pritish Ghosh (25), whose parents, Dilip and Dipali Ghosh, died in the tragedy. “We do not want to blame anyone for the tragedy and accept it as our fate,” said cousin Sandip Malik. She will receive an honorarium for her work,” Adhikari said.
Employed at a private company in Sector V, Subham supported his parents, an MBA-student younger brother and a sister who gives private tuition. Having recently completed her BSc in Nursing, she had joined Tata Medical Center. Her death has left parents Shambhunath and Ranu Poddar financially vulnerable. “She (Sriparna’s mother) had been a nurse. Engagement in such work will help her to cope with the tragedy to some extent. Mithu Mondal of Kumartuli also died while pandal-hopping with her son, who survived with injuries. Download the TOI App.