Kathmandu, Aug 18: The families of the people who died in the accident at Birta Deurali-9, Kavre on Monday have received the bodies after an agreement was reached regarding compensation with the transport entrepreneurs.
The office-bearers of Araniko Transport Committee, parliamentarians representing Kavre district and victim sides during the talks on Tuesday had not been able to reach to a point of agreement regarding compensation.
The victims’ family received the dead bodies after the Committee verbally agreed to provide Rs 100,000 each as funeral expenses in course of discussion this morning, informed Tirtha Lama, a parliamentarian who also attended the negotiation.
With this the relatives of the deceased will get Rs 100,000 each from the Committee exclusive of third party insurance.
However, Committee Chairperson Jeet Bahadur Bharati refuted the claim that there was no as such agreement to provide victims with compensation of Rs 100,000 each. “They would get the compensation as per the rule and not get anything additional from the Committee”, he further noted.
Meanwhile, the final rites of the deceased were performed as per their respective ritual practices on Wednesday itself. RSS
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