New Delhi, Feb 14 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each to families of the students who were killed and Rs one lakh each to those seriously injured in a fire in a hostel in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh last week.
The amount from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund would be given to the family members of 14 students who were burnt to death and ten others seriously injured in the fire, PMO sources said.
The students of Holy Angel Don Bosco School, including some girls, were killed after a fire swept through a hostel made of bamboo at Palin area of the district on Thursday last.
Tension prevails three days after fire in Arunachal school
Itanagar, Feb 14 : Three days after the tragic death of 14 school children in a fire at Palin, tension maintained its grip in the area even as a dozen school staff, including the principal, were rescued from the hands of agitated locals.
Anguished parents and relatives of the victims stoned the school immediately after Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and Education Minister Bosiram Siram left the place on Friday, police said today.
About a dozen teachers and staff, including principal Father Jose, of the Holy Angel Don Bosco School, who were feeling unsafe after the brick-batting, were brought here by a chopper on Friday by NCP MLA Bamang Felix.
"The situation is tense but under control now. Prohibitory orders have been imposed in the area around the school complex in view of the simmering tension," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Palin, Chuku Takar told PTI over phone.
The authorities have closed down the school indefinitely.
Siram said he is chairing a meeting with MP, MLAs and student leaders here tomorrow to look into the demands of the grieving parents to associate names of the victims with the school to keep their memories alive.
"In the new education policy, we will give emphasis on the measures for safety and hygiene of students residing in hostels," he added.
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