Shahjahanpur: A tractor trolley full of devotees going to fill the urn for Bhagwat Katha fell into the Garra river breaking the railing of the bridge. So far 14 people are feared dead in the accident. Other officers including SP S Anand are reaching the spot. Bhagwat Katha is to be organized in Sunaura Ajmatpur village of Tilhar region from Sunday.
Before this, the Kalash Yatra was to be taken out, for which women and men sitting in two tractor trolleys had left for Garra river in Birsinghpur area. As soon as it reached the bridge, due to the high speed, the tractor trolley went uncontrolled and fell into the river, breaking the railing. Everyone was taken out by the villagers present on the second trolley with the help of the people present around. Everyone has been taken to the hospital by ambulance. District Magistrate Umesh Pratap Singh said that instructions have been given from the government to immediately provide financial assistance of two lakh each to the relatives of the deceased and fifty thousand to the seriously injured.