In a shocking turn of events, a massive fire broke out at a factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru. Six people lost their lives, while over a dozen victims sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment. Condolences and messages are pouring in for the victims.
Reacting to the issue, the Andhra Pradesh government had announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakhs for the families who lost their loved ones in the fire mishap. Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan turned critic of the government on the issue.
Pawan Kalyan had flayed the Andhra Pradesh government for showing the disparity in granting ex-gratia. He demanded that the families who lost their loved ones should be given Rs 1 crore each and urged the government to look into the matter.
Whenever such issues happened, the Andhra Pradesh government announced different amounts as ex-gratia. For example, take the Vizag gas leakage issue. The victims’ families were awarded an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore. After a few months, a similar incident had happened in the state and the government had cut short the amount.
Coming to the current incident, an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakhs was announced. There is a lot of difference between 25 lakhs and one crore. Will the government grant the ex-gratia based on the place of the incident or disaster or will the government be following a parameter while fixing the ex-gratia? No one has the answer to this.
Looks like Pawan Kalyan also wants an answer to this from the Andhra Pradesh government led by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Raising the disparity followed by the government, Pawan asked the government to pay Rs 1 crore as an ex-gratia amount like it was done for the LG Polymers Gas Leak incident which had rocked the Vizag city.
Pawan Kalyan added further that the workers who lost their lives in the fire mishap belong to a humble background and the government has to take care of the families of the victims. Having said that, Pawan Kalyan also said that we are hearing such incidents regularly and the government should make sure that the regulations are strictly followed.
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