Delhi hotel fire: Ex-cricketer Gautam Gambhir slams govt over compensation amount
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir has lashed out at Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party for announcing Rs 5 lakh compensation for the kin of those who had died in the Karol Bagh hotel fire in the early hours of Tuesday.
"Surely a human life is worth much more than INR 5 lakh @ArvindKejriwal. It underlines what our machinery thinks about us, d common man. Compensation is merely a bandaid on an oozing wound whereas Delhi needs surgeries and it should begin with a systemic overhaul @AamAadmiParty," Gambhir wrote on Twitter tagging chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Surely a human life is worth much more than INR 5 lakh @ArvindKejriwal. It underlines what our machinery thinks about us, d common man. Compensation is merely a bandaid on an oozing wound whereas Delhi needs surgeries and it should begin with a systemic overhaul @AamAadmiParty
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) February 12, 2019
Seventeen people were killed and 35 injured in the massive fire that engulfed the top two floors of the six-storey building.
"It’s so sad to see the callousness of regulators with regards to building laws being traded with loss of human lives," Gambhir said.
Tourism minister K.J. Alphons visited the site and told media that the exit routes were very narrow and did not meet specifications.
"I just talked to the guard. He said the at night, the emergency exit is closed," the minister told NDTV.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also visited to mishap site and said a probe had been ordered. Security violations by other hotels in the area will also be investigated.
Image Credit: Facebook.com/GautamGambhir
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