Victims’ kin plead with cops at hospital
“Durga Puja comes every year, but a life lost can never be brought back.
Pratyasha Sen, another reveller and schoolteacher from Jadavpur who was out for pandal-hopping with a group of friends said: “We were enjoying the festive atmosphere. So, we dropped our plans and headed home,” Sagnik Basu, another puja reveller from Garia said they also dropped their plans midway and took a Metro and headed back to their para. We decided to return home rather than visit any more pandals,” he said.
The tragedy also changed the mood of pandal-hoppers elsewhere in the city. With news of the deaths spreading rapidly, many chose to abandon plans to visit the major crowd-pullers and either headed home or confined their outings to smaller neighbourhood pujas. For several families, the prospect of navigating packed streets and queues suddenly appeared far less appealing. Even during the rain we had entered a restaurant and finished an early dinner near Sovabazar. But Suddenly, the crowds and the rush everywhere began to feel frightening. After hearing that so many people had died at Chorbagan, we simply could not carry on celebrating. 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