Central Railway Saturday informed that it had given compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased in Friday’s hoarding collapse incident.
A 40-feet hoarding Friday collapsed on vehicles which had halted at Shahir Amar Shaikh Chowk traffic light near Pune Railway Station, killing four people and injuring five others.
The hoarding was being dismantled at around 2 pm by a contractor hired by the railways when it came crashing down.
Two railway employees -- junior engineer Sanjay Singh and his assistant Pandurang Wanare, were produced before a court here Saturday and remanded in police custody till October 11.
“We have paid compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of Shamrao Kasar (70), Shamrao Dhotre (48), Shivaji Pardeshi (40) and Javed Khan (40),” said Divisional Railway Manager Milind Deouskar in a press conference.
“We have given Rs 1 lakh to those who are grievously injured while people with simple injuries have been given Rs 50,000,” he added.