Port Blair, August 5: The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) A K Singh, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, has sanctioned ex-gratia relief of Rs one lakh each from Lt Governor’s Relief Fund to the next of kin of the two children who lost their lives in a tragic incident of drowning that took place in a pond at Garacharma village on July 28th 2013.
Kumari Sujata Sardar, aged 08 years, D/o Shri Barun Sardar and Kumari Maheswari, aged 11 years, D/o Shri Duari Raj, residents of Bathubasti (Near St. Mary School) and had gone for collection of vegetables into the fields, accidently slipped into a pond and drowned. Parents of both the girls are working as private labourers.