14 died and 60 injured in a worst ever Jasola, Barmer tragedy.

About fourteen persons have been killed and fifty grievously injured in Jasola, Barmer, Rajasthan today on 23rd June when a Pandal collapsed over more than one thousand devotees participating in a religious/ spiritual discourse.

The pandal collapsed due to a thunderstorm and the deadly current spread due to short circuit killing 14 and injuring sixty devotees in the Ram Katha.

There have been reports of short circuit leading to spread of current creating panic amongst the audience when the huge tent collapsed and fell on the audience abruptly, injuring 50 and killing 14 persons women and men.

The chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot has announced the financial compensation of Rs. 5 lakh for each of the dead and 2 lakhs to the injured.

The team of doctors from the nearby hospitals were rushed to the accident spot to treat the injureds and retrieve the bodies of the deads.

The grievously injured have been rushed to the Dr. Shiv Charan Mathur hospital and are being treated.

Meanwhile the union home minister Amit Shah has also took serious note of the situation and has called the high level meeting of the officials.

The union home minister Amit Shah has directed the state government to initiate all the necessary steps to provide immediate relief to the injureds and the bereaved families of the deads n injureds The union government may also announce a separate financial package for the deceaseds and the injureds reveal sources.

According to the latest information the organisers of the religious congregation have been booked for callousness and negligence for not seeking prior permission from the police and the fire departments of the district and state under the relevant sections of the law.

The chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot is visiting the injureds in the hospital on 24th June and would also visit the tragedy site in Barmer.