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 Bihar chief minister announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to those who died in hooch tragedy since 2016.
As per the CPRO-NWR release, 26 passengers were injured due to the derailment of BandraTerminus-Jodhpur Suryanagari Express.
He paid a cheque of Rs.50 lakh as ex gratia to them after offering floral tributes at the photo of the deceased.
They refused to lift his body till adequate cash relief was given to his wife and a government job was announced for a member of the family of Ranjit Singh who was killed in a grenade attack by terrorists.
Deaths began when tea plantation workers consumed spurious liquor known as 'Sulai mod' in Assamese on Thursday night.
