Assistance has started reaching those who suffered loss due to the six shops burning in a fire believed to have been sparked by a short circuit late on Friday night here in Transport Nagar.
local BJP leader Hemant Dwivedi visited the site of the fire and talked to the affected persons. The leader provided financial assistance of Rs10,000 to Bhagwan Das, who is said to have suffered the maximum loss due to the conflagration. Meanwhile, the Nagar Panchayat head Rambabu Mishra has written a letter to the Chief Minister Harish Rawat detailing the loss suffered by the people. He writes that the fire in Transport Nagar had resulted in damages worth Rs80,000 in Tasdik Khan’s hydraulic oil shop, about Rstwo lakh in Farid Ahmed’s shop, about Rs3.5 lakh in Rakesh Gupta’s shop, Rsfive lakh for Bhagwan Das, Rstwo lakh for Nazaqat Ali, Rs1,70000 for Tannu Khan, Rs3.5 lakh for Rakesh Yadav and Rs80,000 for Yamin Mallik.