CM announces Rs 23 lakh in compensation for seven who died drowning in Mandya

Mandya: Within 24 hours of seven persons drowning in three separate incidents in Mandya district, chief minister B S Yediyurappa announced monetary compensation to the bereaved families.
On Sunday, three members of a Dalit family drowned at a waterbody in Biranahalli, while four others met a watery grave at Cholasandra in Nagamangala taluk and KR Pet taluk.
In Biranahalli, a woman and two of her daughters allegedly drowned while washing clothes in a lake. In Huliganganahalli, Abhishek, 16, drowned in a canal while bathing his cows. The other three victims are Rashmi and Inchara from Cholasandra village, and Kumar from Adhihalli.
On Monday, the chief minister extended Rs 23 lakh compensation — Rs 15 lakh to the members of the Dalit family, and Rs 2 lakh each to the other bereaved families.