West Bengal
Mamata Banerjee to meet flash flood victims during North Bengal trip
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will interact with families of those killed in flash flood at Malbazar and hold an administrative meeting during a four-day visit to North Bengal beginning Monday afternoon.
After landing at Bagdogra Airport, Banerjee would travel by road to Malbazar in Jalpaiguri district where eight persons died in flash floods during Durga Puja immersion on Oct 5.
Banerjee is scheduled to meet the family members of the victims.
She has already announced payment of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50 thousand to the injured.
Banerjee will attend an administrative meeting in Jalpaiguri district Tuesday and participate in a Bijaya Sammilani programme to be organised by the police administration in Siliguri the following day.
The Chief Minister will return to Kolkata Thursday.
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