TDP senior leader and Leader of Opposition in the Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao has addressed a letter to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy demanding that the latter release ex gratia, which was in pending to the bomb blast victims.
In his letter on Sunday, Dadi stated that 75 persons perished in four bomb blast incidents in the last eight years and some 229 persons were injured grievously. He has alleged that the State government had failed pay declared ex gratia and medical assistance to the victims. He urged the government to sanction ex gratia immediately and extend corporate medical help in time. He also asked the government to take immediate steps to extend assistance to the victims, who were not in a good position even now.
The TDP leader bemoaned that several victims, who were injured in the Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park bomb blast incidents and did not get full-pledged medical assistance and ex gratia, were suffering from the disabilities. He said the agony of the families of the victims cannot be described. He alleged that then government had paid only Rs 20,000 and extended temporary medical assistance. He said the statements of political leaders at the time of the bomb blasts ended in vain.
In his letter, Dadi mentioned the names of the victims, who did not get ex gratia even today are: Moghalpura resident Syed Khaleel Ahmed, who was grievously injured in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast. Rs 35,000 out of Rs 55,000 received from the government has been spent on surgery alone, he added.
Gokul Chat bomb blast victim R Chander lost his right eye. The government paid all the expenditure as he underwent surgery in LV Prasad Eye Hospital. Later, the government failed to take care of him. Later, Chander developed problems in left eye and applied to the Collector for ex gratia but got only Rs 20,000. Chander was not in a position to get a job though he got an MBA degree.
Another victim of Gokul Chat blast Sadasiva Reddy’s condition also remained miserable. He lost his left leg and left eye in the bomb blast. The government paid for ad hoc medical treatment and discarded him. His father Mohan Reddy had spent Rs 25 lakh but there was no use.
The TDP leader demanded that the State government extend full-pledged medical assistance to the bomb blast victims and see that they live their life on their own by extending financial assistance by providing employment.
–Agencies