Landfill: EDMC gives solatium

October 31, 2017 01:37 am | Updated 01:37 am IST - New Delhi

East Delhi Mayor Neema Bhagat on Monday handed over cheques of ₹1 lakh compensation each to the kin of two persons killed in Ghazipur landfill site collapse in September.

Tara Chand, father of Raj Kumari, and Mahipal, father of Abhishek Gautam, were given the cheques at the East Delhi Municipal Corporation headquarters.

Tonnes of garbage had come crashing down the 50-metre-high mountain of waste after the rain.

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