A fortnight after six persons died in a bomb blast at Maur, their families would get compensation of Rs five lakhs each.
Bathinda Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Thursday maintained that deceased and injured victims of January 31 bomb blast at Maur were being awarded compensation of ` 36.50 lakhs.
Six people died in the incident, while three sustained critical injuries, one suffered 40 percent burns and were stable, while the rest 10 have been discharged from hospital after treatment, said Thori.
He said that the families of deceased Ashok Kumar, Barkha Rani, Harpal Palli, Saurab Singla, Ripandeep Singh and Jap Simran Singh will be given Rs five lakhs each compensation.
Similarly, the injured survivors — Jaskaran Singh, Amrik Singh, Ankush, Rocky Garg, Darshan Singh, Rajiv, Mani Mittal, D Ram Babu, Tejinder Pal, Ashu, Himanshu, Rahul and lakj Raj — are being awarded `50,000 compensation each.
Thori said that since all the victims are from poor socio-economic background, it was strongly pleaded that they be given compensation at the earliest.
After taking approval from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Punjab government has released compensation amount to the Deputy Commissioner office, which will further be transferred to the office of Maur Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).
Also as per the instructions of ECI, the payment has to be made by the government officials.
The issue will not be politicized and no political functionary will be involved in the disbursal procedure.