New Delhi (The Hawk): As part of former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's campaign tour, seven people died after falling into a drainage canal in the Andhra Pradesh district of Nellore. On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh from the PM Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the families of the victims.
"Sorry for the incident at the public gathering in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. Greetings to the families of the deceased. May the injured person get better quickly. The injured will receive a payment of Rs 50,000, while the next of kin of each deceased person will receive an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF, Modi tweeted on Thursday.