Railway Minister Piyush Goyal
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has arrange a high-level committee to establish the reason for the fire at an Eastern Railway office building in Kolkata in which 9 folks have been killed on Monday. The fire, which broke out on the thirteenth ground of the sprawling New Koilaghat building on Strand Road at round 6.10 pm on Monday, is now underneath management and the cooling course of is on, officers stated.
“Sincere condolences to the households of the 9 courageous deceased together with the 4 firefighters, two Railways personnel and a police ASI who’ve been combating the fire on the Eastern Railways Strand street office in Kolkata.
“Railway officials including the GM are at the site and are working in coordination with the state govt for rescue and relief efforts. We are committed to doing everything possible to ensure the safety of all concerned,” Goyal stated in a tweet late final night time.
He stated all attainable help has been supplied by the Railways to the state authorities throughout this âunfortunateâ fire accident.
“A high-level inquiry consisting of four principal heads of Railway departments has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the fire,” he stated.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who rushed to the spot in town’s central enterprise district, introduced that the state authorities pays a compensation of Rs 10 lakh every and a authorities job to the kin of every sufferer.Â
