MUMBAI: Three months after their homes and fields were destroyed by the Cyclone Tauktae, residents and farmers from Palghar district received over Rs 8 crore in compensation on Sunday.
The cyclone had destroyed the homes of 4,975 residents and damaged fields of 3,525 farmers. The losses caused by the cyclone that made a landfallin Gujarat on May 17 was examined by the district administration. The money has been deposited in the bank account of the victims, said district collector Dr Manik Gursal, on Independence Day.
Four shops, the owner of a buffalo killed in the cyclone and14 poultry traders have also been compensated.
