Rajib pays visit to the houses of the persons who died during Amphan

Biswabrata Goswami

KRISHNAGAR, 23 MAY: The state forest minister Rajib Banerjee, today, paid his visits to the houses of six persons who died during the super cyclone Amphan in Nadia.

He handed over the cheques of Rs 2.5 lakhs each to the families of the six victims as compensation on behalf of the state government.

A day after the super cyclone Amphan battered the state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced a compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh for the family members of each of the deceased.

Mr Banerjee accompanied by the party’s Ranaghat district president Sankar Singh had gone to the house of one Kena Mondol in Kalyani who died during the cyclone and handed over the cheque of Rs 2.5 lakh to his family members.

Before paying his visits to the houses of the deceased, Mr Banerjee held an administrative meeting at Kalyani Vidyasagar Manch where the district magistrate Vibhu Goel, Ranaghat SP, Anantanag, Sabhadhipati Rikta Kundu and others attended the meeting.

While visiting the houses of the deceased in Kalyani, he faced the wrath of a section of residents in Kalyani’s Block A.

He said, “The disaster was never imagined. It has battered the state with huge electric poles and trees lying uprooted and sub-stations damaged. People should try to understand”.

He later went to the house of the deceased in Krishnagar and handed over the cheque to the family members.

While reacting to a question, Mr Banerjee said, “I have collected information from the district administration about the extent of damage and I have also interacted with people. After returning from here, I will inform my observation to the chief minister. I have also asked the district magistrate to prepare a report about the extent of damage within two or three days”.