Bareilly fever deaths: SP seeks Rs 20 lakh compensation for kin of deceased

Bareilly | Friday | 14th September, 2018

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“We will soon shift the health centre to a rented building. We have demanded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh for each family from the state government.”“When our team visited Behta Bujurg village, it found that one of the deceased has seven daughters. Bareilly: In the wake of 39 fever deaths in the district, the Samajwadi Party on Friday demanded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each for the families of the deceased.Subhlesh Yadav, SP district president, said, “Majority of people who have died of fever belong to very poor families. The family is so poor that it cannot even afford to cremate the deceased’s body. We have sent a proposal to the state government seeking its permission to demolish this building so that a new structure can be constructed,” said Bareilly chief medical officer Dr Vineet Shukla..