{"id":7826,"date":"2020-07-21T01:01:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T01:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2020-07-21T01:01:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T01:01:26","slug":"kalimpong-woman-dies-aboard-shramik-special-from-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=7826","title":{"rendered":"Kalimpong woman dies aboard Shramik Special from Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"full-details\">\n<div class=\"editor\" id=\"storycenterbyline\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/agency\/express-news-service\/\">Express News Service<\/a> | Kolkata |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2020-05-30T10:13:43+05:30\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished: May 30, 2020  10:13:43 am\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?w=759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"759\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"422\"\/><\/span><span class=\"custom-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6430538\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6430538\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg 759w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=450,250 450w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=600,334 600w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=728,405 728w, https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2020\/05\/shramik-special-train.jpg?resize=150,83 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\"\/><\/noscript> The GTA has announced an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh for Sherpa\u2019s kin. (PTI)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A 51-year-old woman from Dalapchand in the state\u2019s Kalimpong district died in a Shramik Special train on Wednesday while on her way home from Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>Kipa Sherpa boarded the train from Delhi. She was travelling with her two daughters, son-in-law and granddaughter. When the train was in Uttar Pradesh, Sherpa fell ill. She died before the train reached Etawah station.<\/p>\n<p>The family was deboarded in Etawah along with the body around 11 pm, and an autopsy was conducted the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) Chairperson Anit Thapa and the District Magistrate of Kalimpong are in touch with their counterparts in Etawah. According to GTA officials, an ambulance and a vehicle have been provided to bring the family and the body to Siliguri.<\/p>\n<p>The GTA has announced an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh for Sherpa\u2019s kin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuously in touch with the family members and making every effort to bring back the family and body of the woman,\u201d said a GTA official.<\/p>\n<p class=\"appstext\"><strong>\ud83d\udce3 <em>The Indian Express is now on Telegram. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/indianexpress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here to join our channel (@indianexpress)<\/a> and stay updated with the latest headlines<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"appstext\">For all the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/section\/cities\/kolkata\/\">Kolkata News<\/a>, download <a class=\"click-event\" id=\"IE_app_download\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.page.link\/aeiu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Express App.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/kolkata\/kalimpong-woman-dies-aboard-shramik-special-from-delhi-6434064\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published: May 30, 2020 10:13:43 am The GTA has announced an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh for Sherpa\u2019s kin. (PTI) A 51-year-old woman from Dalapchand in the state\u2019s Kalimpong district died in a Shramik Special train on Wednesday while on her way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kolkata"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/shramik-special-train.jpgw759.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}