Varanasi, 06 August (HS). Financial assistance of four lakh rupees was made available from the State Disaster Relief Fund to Ashok Kumar Gupta, the legal heir of Premlata, a woman who died in a dilapidated house accident in Khowa Gali, Yellow Zone of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple. On Tuesday afternoon, former state minister and city south MLA Dr Neelkanth Tiwari provided the certificate of financial assistance to Ashok Gupta. The MLA directed the concerned to provide better treatment to the injured in the accident. During this, Additional District Magistrate (Finance and Revenue) Bandita Srivastava was also present.
It is noteworthy that on Monday night at around 3.30, two dilapidated houses (building number CK 28/7 and building number CK 28/6, 06) suddenly collapsed. In the accident, 09 people got buried under the debris of the house. The team of 11th Corps, NDRF Varanasi and SDRF started rescue work on war footing and took everyone out. But by then Premlata wife of Ashok Gupta, resident of Ajmat Nagar, Azamgarh had died.
Seriously injured female police personnel Indu was admitted to BHU Trauma Center. The jaw of the police personnel will be operated. Constable Indu of 2016 batch is originally from Mohammadabad Gohna area of Mau. She is posted in Cholapur police station. She got hit by debris while on duty at the visitor checking point in Kashi Vishwanath Dham.