The Prime Minister has sanctioned ex-gratia of two lakh rupees each to the next of the kin of deceased and fifty- thousand rupees to the seriously injured in the fire accident that happened in South Kolkata on Friday morning, from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

Expressing shock and anguish over the loss of lives in the hospital fire, Dr. Manmohan Singh has conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the tragedy,