Industries Minister Gudivada Amarnath handed over cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to the family members of the Maldives fire accident victims on Wednesday. Five residents of Andhra Pradesh (West Godavari – 4 and Chittoor 1) died in a fire accident that occurred in Male, Maldives, sometime back.
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to each of the victims’ families from the CM Relief Fund (CMRF) and the minister handed over the cheques to the family members at the AP Secretariat in the presence of APNRTS CEO, the minister’s office staff and other officials on Wednesday.
Family members of the deceased expressed deep gratitude to CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Minister Gudivada Amarnath and APNRTS officials for the financial assistance given considering their destitute situation.
Nine Indians died in the fire accident that took place in Male and five of them belonged to AP. The Andhra Pradesh Non Resident Telugu Society, an entity of the government, on receipt of the information regarding the tragic incident, immediately approached and requested the High Commission of India in Maldives for completion of local formalities and expediting the process of transportation of mortal remains to India.
With the APNRT Society’s relentless communication and coordination with the High Commission, mortal remains of all five AP residents were repatriated to Bengaluru airport within four days of the incident. APNRTS offered moral support to the family members of the deceased and also arranged free ambulance service for transportation of the mortal remains from the Bengaluru airport to their houses.
