Bihar CM announces Rs 2 lakh compensation for families of NDLS stampede victims
CM Kumar announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia grant to the dependents of the deceased living in Bihar and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
CM Kumar announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia grant to the dependents of the deceased living in Bihar and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Seven persons lost their lives in the incident, which occurred in the Pal area of Surat, where a six-storey residential building collapsed.
Cabinet Minister Atishi said directions have been given to the concerned department and officials to ensure that this compensation reaches the grieving families at the earliest.
According to officials, mostly all the deceased and the injured were related to each other and they were returning to Shahpura village in Dindori after attending a family function at Niwas in the nearby Mandla district.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Forest Department staff would be given a uniform allowance of Rs 5,000 and a nutritious diet allowance of Rs 1,000.
The Chief Minister has announced an assistance of Rs 5 lakh each from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the families of the deceased
Multiple claimants to a single body have triggered chaos and confusion overtaking the grief and anguish of losing the loved ones.
The amount of assistance in case of death of employees while performing their duties has been increased from Rs.4 lakhs to Rs.10 lakhs.
Rs 388 crore disbursed among the families affected by natural disasters through the Disaster Assistance Monitoring and Payment System (DAMPS) application.
The state government’s move came in the wake of reports of people getting killed almost on a daily basis in human-wildlife conflict and property, crops worth crores of rupees damaged across the state.
