Port Blair, July 27: The Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman has sanctioned ex-gratia relief to the families effected by fire accident which occurred on 20.06.2023 at Minnie Bay village under Port Blair Tehsil due to Fire Accident.

On 20.06.2023 the house of ShriK Tata Rao, S/o K Govinda, R/o Minnie Bay was damaged/burned due to fire accident. This also caused damages to household goods, clothing & utensils of Shri K Jagdish S/o Shri K Tata Rao, R/o Minnie Bay & Shri N Kurma Rao, S/o Shri N Loknadham R/o Minnie Bay who were tenants.

In order to provide relief and succour to the adversely affected families, the Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman has sanctioned an amount of 1,30,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Thirty Thousand Only) towards ex-gratia/ immediate relief for house and household damages to the victims in terms of the revised SDRF norms of assistance for the year 2022-23 to 2025-26.