Delhi to aid Rs 25,000 to Tughlaqabad fire-hit families

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi government will give Rs 25,000 to each family affected in the fire that broke out in slums of the Tughlaqabad area, southeast Delhi, on Monday night.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, here on Tuesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced the aid for each family. Around 500 people were affected in the fire, he added.

The officials had been asked to shift the families to nearby schools and arrange food for them, Sisodia said.

No one was injured, fire officials said. Chief Fire Officer Atul Garg told IANS, the fire was reported at 12.15 a.m and 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. “The fire that gutted 250 of the 500 shanties was brought under control by 4 a.m.”

It took time for the fire tenders to reach the spot as it was on the hills, he added.

–IANS

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