Nagaland on Friday announced compensation to the victims of the 12 October Dimapur Super Market area disaster where “some big trees got uprooted by strong gusts of wind and fell on a crowd of people, leading to the death of two persons”.

In an official statement, the government stated that, as per the norms of assistance of MHA, Government of India, an amount of Rs 4,00,000 each will be given as compensation from State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) to the next of kin of the two deceased, who were named as Smti Holika, aged 33 years, and Shri Vijay, aged 45 years.

The government has also announced that an amount of Rs 12,700/-each had been given to the two seriously injured persons namely Shri Moksodul Haq and Smti Khetoli.

The statement mentioned that four more persons suffered minor injuries, but they were discharged after receiving first aid at the District Hospital Dimapur.