New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta Wednesday distributed ex gratia cheques to families of people who lost their lives in the Tughlakabad fire, the Satya Niketan building collapse and a drowning incident in Jasola, officials said.
Families of those killed in the Tughlakabad fire were given financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each, while injured victims received Rs 2 lakh each, according to an official statement. Two people who suffered minor injuries were provided Rs 20,000 each. In a separate case, a cheque of Rs 5 lakh was handed over to the family of a person who died in a drowning incident in Jasola. Delhi govt also provided ex gratia assistance to the families of four people killed in the Satya Niketan building collapse on Sept 7. The families of Akshat Singh Yadav, Arpit Jha, Abhishek Kumar and Surendra Singh were each entitled to Rs 10 lakh.
Three people were killed after a major fire broke out in a building in south Delhi ’s Tughlakabad area in June this year.