Centre has approved ex-gratia in Bhiwandi building collapse case: MoS Patil

The Centre has sanctioned ex gratia in the case of a building collapse in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi last month that killed eight persons and left 10 others injured, said Kapil Patil, Union minister of state on Monday. Patil, who represents the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency in Thane district, said in a release that the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund will pay Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured in the accident. Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning the ex gratia, the minister said the state government has already released relief for the dead and injured. Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had announced that a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each would be paid to the kin of the deceased, while medical expenses of the injured would be borne by the state government. The BJP leader said the district collector has received a communication from the Centre that said that the ex gratia amount will be directly .