case of the tragedy of Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu.
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A total of 94 students of the primary section of the Krishna English Medium School were burnt to death in their classroom as the thatched roof caught fire on 16 July 2004. the heavy casualty was the false tactics of the management to bring the other two school students to the aided primary school to mislead the inspecting authorities about the student-teacher ratio.
The trial of the case started after a long delay on 24 September 2012 in the Thanjavur district sessions court. The case had 21 accused and had 488 witnesses that included 18 children affected in the accident. The headmaster Prabharan and three others turned approvers. Chargesheet was filed against 17 people, which included Pulavar Palanichamy, his wife and correspondent of school Saraswati, three teachers, six officers of the Education Department (elementary), the Kumbakonam municipal commissioner, town planning officer and four assistants of the education department. On July 30, 2014, Thanjavur district sessions court sentenced school founder Pulavar Palanichamy to life imprisonment and fined ₹ 51,65,700.
Ten others including school staff and officials from the Kumbakonam municipality and education department of the state were sentenced to five year imprisonment.
Eleven accused, including three teachers were released from the case.
The trial of the case started after a long delay on 24 September 2012 in the Thanjavur district sessions court. The case had 21 accused and had 488 witnesses that included 18 children affected in the accident. The headmaster Prabharan and three others turned approvers. Chargesheet was filed against 17 people, which included Pulavar Palanichamy, his wife and correspondent of school Saraswati, three teachers, six officers of the Education Department (elementary), the Kumbakonam municipal commissioner, town planning officer and four assistants of the education department. On July 30, 2014, Thanjavur district sessions court sentenced school founder Pulavar Palanichamy to life imprisonment and fined ₹ 51,65,700.
Ten others including school staff and officials from the Kumbakonam municipality and education department of the state were sentenced to five year imprisonment.
Eleven accused, including three teachers were released from the case.
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✯ ᴊᴜʟʏ 16 2004 ᴋᴜᴍʙᴀᴋᴏɴᴀᴍ: the fire tragedy occurred in the Krishna English medium School in ᴋᴜᴍʙᴀᴋᴏɴᴀᴍ town, Tamilnadu where 94 students were burnt to death.
the fire started in kitchen on the ground floor when the mid day meal for the children was being cooked.
the children were trapped in their blazing thatched- roof classrooms and two classrooms and the roof collapsed on the trapped children.
the terrible tragedy not only jolted the pilgrim town of Kumbakonam in Tamilnadu but the entire nation.
►ᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴇ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ
ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɢᴇᴅʏ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀᴇᴅ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ
ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴs :
➊. the school had no proper away evacuation route.
➋. there were no fire safety measure in school.
➌. the school children were not trained in first aid.
➍. teacher, staff members and the children present in the school lecked awareness on safety measures.
➎. the local Hospital lacked the facilities to cope up with huge number of burnt victims.
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