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This story is from June 16, 2020

CM BS Yediyurappa announces Rs 23 lakh in compensation for seven who died drowning in Karnataka's 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.
CM BS Yediyurappa announces Rs 23 lakh in compensation for seven who died drowning in Karnataka's Mandya
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa (File photo)
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.
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