Delhi Govt Announces Rs 10 Lakh Compensation For Kin Of Those Who Drowned Due To Heavy Rain

Delhi Minister Atishi has directed the ACS Revenue to identify those who lost their lives with the support of area hospitals and Delhi Police and to immediately provide them compensation.

Delhi government announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs to those who died of rain on Friday.

The Delhi government on Sunday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakhs for the families of all those who drowned and lost their lives in the extreme rain on Friday (June 28). 

Delhi Minister Atishi has directed the ACS Revenue to identify those who lost their lives with the support of area hospitals and Delhi Police and to immediately provide them compensation.

Delhi Govt announces compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs for the families of all those who drowned and lost their lives after the extreme rainfall on June 28.

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"It is hereby directed that the families of all those who lost their lives shall be provided a compensation of Rs 10 lakh," Atishi said in the order.

ACS Revenue is hereby directed to identify those who lost their lives with the support of area hospitals and Delhi Police - and to immediately provide them aforementioned compensation on behalf of GNCTD, she added.

In a post on X, Atishi said, "Several deaths have been reported on 28th June, after extreme rainfall of 228mm in 24 hours. The families of all those who lost their lives will be given a compensation of ₹10 lakhs. Directions have been given that this compensation reaches the grieving families speedily."

Death Toll Reaches 11 In First Two Days

The death toll in Delhi has reached 11 in the first two days of the Monsoon after six rain-related deaths took place on on Saturday, even as authorities said they have taken strong measures to prevent waterlogging in the coming days.

Two boys drowned in a waterlogged underpass in northwest Delhi's Badli on Saturday, police said. The stretch was flooded following heavy rains the previous day.

In Okhla, a 60-year-old man died after he got stuck with his scooty in a waterlogged underpass.

On Saturday morning, the bodies of three labourers were pulled out from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in the Vasant Vihar area here amid heavy rain the day before, officials said.

With six deaths reported on Saturday, the number of people killed in rain-related incidents in Delhi has climbed to 11 in the past two days.