00:01At least 17 people were killed and 25 others injured in a crowd crush at a Durga Puja festival in
00:09Kolkata, eastern India, officials said on Saturday.
00:12The incident occurred at an exit gate in the city's Girish Park area after heavy rain led to overcrowding as
00:19large numbers of devotees attempted to leave the venue.
00:23Durga Puja is an annual Hindu festival celebrated over several days in West Bengal.
00:28It attracts huge crowds to temporary structures known as pandals, which house idols of the goddess Durga.
00:48Following the incident, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office announced compensation of 200,000 rupees for the next of kin
00:58of each victim,
00:58and 50,000 rupees for each injured person.
01:02The announcement was made in a post on the social media platform X.
