Purnia: People hit by severe storm in Bihar, which killed 42 and injured scores, on Thursday said they did not receive any financial aid, a day after state government claimed it had issued compensation.
A severe storm had hit Purnia district on Tuesday night, which left a trail of destruction, killing people and cattle, uprooting trees, damaging houses and destroying crops.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is visiting Bihar tomorrow to take stock of the situation.
I'm visiting Purnia (Bihar) tomorrow,will take aerial survey of some places to assess the situation: HM Rajnath Singh pic.twitter.com/XwH7lkTu6Z
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2015
Spoke to Bihar CM @NitishKumarJDU ji on situation arising due to storms in various parts of the State. Assured all assistance from Centre.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 22, 2015
Tomorrow I will accompany Shri Rajnath Singh HM on aerial survey of affected dists of E Bihar .I will also visit Dagarua & Madhepura by road
— Sushil Kumar Modi (@SushilModi) April 23, 2015
On Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a compensation of 400,000 rupees to the families of those killed and said the disbursement was complete in many regions after conducting an aerial survey of affected areas.
However, residents said no one from the government’s side took stock of the situation.
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