Lucknow, August 5: The Yogi Adityanath government has expanded the ambit of the State Disaster Relief Fund and has announced that snake bites, incidents of boat capsizing, victims of man-animal conflict and death due to sewage cleaning as well as gas leakages, will merit compensation in Uttar Pradesh.

The state relief commissioner Sanjay Kumar was quoted saying by English daily Hindustan Times that the families of people who die in any of the above mentioned incidents will get Rs 4 lakh as compensation.

CM Yogi Adityanath, is said to be disturbed by the large number of people dying due to snake bites and falling houses in the monsoon, said Mrityunjay Kumar, principal secretary to the chief minister. He said that the decision is being taken to provide some relief to the needy.

A notification has already been issued by the Uttar Pradesh state government, to this effect. The practice so far has been to provide monetary compensation to only those who have been injured or to the relatives of the person who has died because of natural calamities or factors such as earthquake, floods and heat wave.

Ramesh Pandey, chief conservator of forests, Uttar Pradesh, talking on the decision by UP government, said that UP has now become a state that values human life and animal life at par. According to a data, hundreds of people die every year in Uttar Pradesh due to snake bites and lack of first aid medical facility in the initial hours after the bite.

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