Title - Top officials directed to monitor relief work

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav on
Monday rushed Panchayati Raj
Minister Balram Yadav and
Transport Minister Durga Prasad
Yadav to Allahabad to monitor
relief measures and treatment of
victims of the railway station
stampede, which left 36 persons
dead.
An official spokesman here said
the chief minister had directed
the ministers to immediately rush
to Allahabad to monitor relief
measures and ensure best
treatment to those who
sustained injuries.
The stampede occurred at 7 PM
on Sunday when thousands of
passengers, mostly Maha Kumbh
devotees returning after taking
holy dip at the Sangam, had
gathered to board a train.
Meanwhile, Yadav also asked
Chief Secretary Javed Usmani and
DGP A C Sharma to visit Allahabad
to oversee arrangements made
for treatment of the injured and
monitor relief measures.
Following the stampede at
Allahabad railway station on
Sunday, the chief minister had
directed officials to undertake
immediate relief and rescue
measures on a war footing. He
had also announced an ex-gratia
of Rs five lakh to the dependents
of those killed in the incidents, Rs
1 lakh to those injured and
ordered an inquiry by chairman
of Revenue Board Jagan
Mathews into the tragedy.