Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 20 (PTI) The Muzaffarnagar district administration on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the five people who died after a house collapsed here following heavy rains, a senior official said.
Saharanpur Divisional Commissioner Dr Rupesh Kumar made the announcement in an interaction with reporters here.
He also visited Habibpur village, where five members of a family, including four children, died in the house collapse on Sunday night.
The incident occurred in Habibpur village under Phugana police station area, where the house caved in due to incessant rains, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Satyendra Kumar said.
The deceased were identified as Zeeshan (2), Ahad (5), Alshifa (7), Rukhsar (11), and
Islam (75), he said.
Five other family members sustained injuries in the incident and were admitted to a hospital for treatment, Kumar said.
He said the family was having a meal inside the house when the structure suddenly collapsed.
The bodies of the deceased were sent for post-mortem, he added. PTI COR NAV RUK RUK
