UP ministers visit affected villages, offer fin aid to victims

Lucknow: Acting on the directives of CM Yogi Adityanath, the ministers-in-charge visited the homes of disaster victims in their assigned districts and handed over financial assistance to the affected families. In addition to Rs 4 lakh aid, the kin of each deceased person were also provided with benefits under various schemes.While Nitin Agarwal visited Lakhimpur Kheri and handed over financial assistance to kin of a man killed in a house collapse, UP social welfare minister Asim Arun visited the affected family in Hardoi, Girish Chandra Yadav visited the victim’s kin in Ambedkar Nagar, Dharmveer Prajapati met the affected families in Sambhal, minister Gulab Devi met the affected families in Badaun, and JPS Rathore went to Bareilly and extended financial assistance.Similarly, minister Dharam Pal Singh distributed cheques of financial assistance to families affected in Unnao, agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi visited the affected families in Bahraich, Union minister Anupriya Patel distributed financial assistance cheques to affected families in her constituency, Mirzapur, minister AK Sharma distributed relief assistance to affected families in Bhadohi, minister Ajit Singh Pal distributed aid in Fatehpur, and ministers Dinesh Pratap Singh and Manoj Pandey distributed relief assistance in Rae Bareli.Meanwhile, minister Swatantra Dev Singh visited storm-affected areas in Prayagraj on Friday and assessed the damage. He said UP govt stood with the affected families in this difficult time. The minister also reviewed whether compensation of Rs 4 lakh was transferred to the accounts of dependents of those who died and directed officials to ensure the payments were made the same day.He assured the affected families that all permissible govt assistance would be provided.