{"id":314865,"date":"2019-09-04T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T15:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314865"},"modified":"2019-09-05T01:38:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T01:38:50","slug":"23-killed-in-firecracker-factory-blast-in-punjabs-gurdaspur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/23-killed-in-firecracker-factory-blast-in-punjabs-gurdaspur\/","title":{"rendered":"23 killed in firecracker factory blast in Punjab&#8217;s Gurdaspur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314866 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blast-punjab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/blast-punjab.jpg 414w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/blast-punjab-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/blast-punjab-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At least 23 people were killed and several others were injured after an explosion at a firecracker factory in Punjab&#8217;s Gurdaspur on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The incident occurred in a residential area in Gurdaspur&#8217;s Batala.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The injured were taken to the hospital for further treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the blast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cDeeply anguished to learn of the loss of lives due to the blast in the firecracker factory in Batala. Rescue operations are underway with the DC &amp; SSP heading the relief efforts,\u201d Amarinder said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Singh also announced an ex-gratia grant of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the seven severely injured and Rs 25,000 for those with minor injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Ram Nath Kovind expressed grief to learn about the loss of lives in an explosion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSaddened to learn about the loss of lives due to an explosion at a firecracker factory in Batala, Punjab. Condolences to bereaved families impacted by this tragedy and wishing an early recovery to those injured,\u201d Kovind said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol also expressed sadness on hearing the blast news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSaddened to hear about the news of blast in Batala factory. NDRF teams and local administration has been rushed for rescue operation,\u201d Deol said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 23 people were killed and several others were injured after an explosion at a firecracker factory in Punjab&#8217;s Gurdaspur on Wednesday. The incident occurred in a residential area in Gurdaspur&#8217;s Batala. The injured were taken to the hospital for further treatment. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,2913,2014],"tags":[9831,279],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314869,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314865\/revisions\/314869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}