Modi announces Rs 50,000 compensation for Aarti's family

Gandhinagar, Mar 12 (UNI) Narendra Modi today announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, to the family of Aarti, from Karamdia village of Bhavnagar district, who died after slipping into a 60-feet deep borewell.

Three-year-old Aarti had survived for an hour after falling into the well but died of suffocation last night before rescue team from Ahmedabad could begin work.

Rescue teams from Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation had rushed to the spot, besides the ONGC team but could not save the child, Mr Modi said.

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