Four children die in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah after wall collapses due to heavy rain
Chief Minister Adityanath has announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh for the families of the deceased.
Four children died and two persons were injured after a wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah, ANI reported on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh | 4 minors died, 2 injured after a wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Etawah
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) September 22, 2022
4 children have died. Compensation will be given as per norms: Avnish Rai, Etawah DM pic.twitter.com/el26qwmQQc
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath directed senior officers to immediately conduct rescue operations and arrange for the treatment of the injured, tweeted Chief Minister’s Office.
Aditynath also announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh for the families of the deceased.
मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी महाराज ने सभी मृतकों के परिजनों को आपदा राहत कोष से ₹4-4 लाख की राहत राशि प्रदान करने के निर्देश दिए हैं।
— Yogi Adityanath Office (@myogioffice) September 22, 2022
महाराज जी ने शोक संतप्त परिजनों के प्रति अपनी संवेदनाएं व्यक्त करते हुए घायलों के शीघ्र स्वास्थ्य लाभ की कामना की है।
Last week nine labourers living in huts outside an Army enclave in the Dilkusha area had died in the state capital Lucknow after a wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall.