State Govt to provide Rs. 50,000 compensation for Sunstroke Victims

The State government today announced to provide Rs.50,000 as compensation to the family of a person who dies due to heat wave (sunstroke).

Special Relief Commissioner Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, said that the compensation will be paid from the State Disaster Relief Fund.

He said that the temperatures are likely to remain high. There are no signs of reducing heat. The heat wave likely to continue till April 24. Till date the death toll raised to 73 due to sunstroke.

The Centre has not included sunstroke deaths in the list of calamities. A request has been sent to Central government to consider heat stroke deaths as a disaster.