New Delhi, March 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced Rs.2 lakh ex gratia after reports suggested that a building collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. The incident left five dead and at least nine injured.

PMO India, in a post on X, announced the ex gratia and wrote, "Deeply saddened by the mishap due to the collapse of a building in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. My thoughts are with the affected people and their families in this difficult hour. May those injured recover at the earliest."

PMO added that an ex gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000.

News agency PTI reported that a cold storage facility collapsed in the Phaphamau area of U...