Kanpur: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav interacted with the agitating family members of the deceased Rakesh Sharma, who had died in building collapse incident in Qulie Bazar in Anwarganj area of the city on Monday night, via video conferencing on Friday.
Yadav also announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to his kin from party fund.
Expressing anguish over the collapse of a building that claimed a life besides rendered several others homeless, SP chief said, “My deepest condolences are with the bereaved family of Rakesh Sharma. We are releasing a sum of Rs 2 lakh to his kin from party fund. Samajwadi Party is with them in their difficult time, and I want to assure each and every sufferers that the party will help them in some way to make their life easier.”
Meanwhile, SP MLA Amitabh Bajpai, who supervised the interaction session through video conferencing, alleged that their party corporator Abhishek Gupta had previously complained to the authorities about the condition of the buildings, but none paid heed to his complaint.
One person was killed, while nearly 23 families were rendered homeless, after major portions of two multi-storeyed building collapsed in Qulie Bazar area in Aanwarganj on Monday night.