Surat: Kin of 15 migrant workers who were mowed to death by a truck near Kim in January will get compensation amount, declared at that time by the state government, on Sunday.
The cheques of Rs 2 lakh each will be given at an event in Pipodara village in presence of tribal development minister Ganpatsinh Vasava.“Majority of the family members of the deceased did not have required identity proofs.
As a result, they were not eligible for compensation.
Our teams helped them prepare the documents,” said Sanjay Patel, programme manager, Aajeevika Bureau, an NGO working for the welfare of migrant workers.
The NGO teams assisted the families from Kushalgarh and Sajjangarh of Banswara district of Rajasthan and Bajna in Ratlam of Madhya Pradesh, to get the documents prepared.
The incident took place on January 19 when the migrant construction workers were sleeping on the pavement on Kim-Mandvi Road.
A speeding dumper truck crushed them in their sleep.
Fourteen of the deceased were from Rajasthan while one was from MP.