Blast victims’ families receive financial assistance

Paderu: The district administration provided financial assistance to the families affected by the recent blasting incident during road construction works at Pinakota panchayat in Anantagiri mandal of Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Tuesday.

The families of all seven persons killed in the incident received financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each. Officials said the amount was provided on behalf of the contractor, with Rs 50,000 paid in cash and the remaining Rs 4.50 lakh through a cheque to each family. Financial assistance was also extended to families whose houses were damaged in the blast. Each affected household received Rs 10,000 in cash, besides tarpaulins to provide temporary protection.

The district administration will recommend the sanction of permanent government houses to the affected families to ensure a lasting solution to their housing problems, officials said.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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