A day after two women and a 3-year-old girl died after falling into a well in suburban Vile Parle here, Mumbai suburban district collector on Wednesday recommended financial assistance for their families.
Collector Sachin Kurve said he had sent proposal for financial aid to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Mumbai BJP general secretary Amarjeet Mishra had taken a delegation to Fadnavis, demanding that the families of the deceased by given aid.
"The chief minister immediately asked the collector to send a proposal for granting assistance," said Mishra.
Some women were performing puja sitting on the iron grill on the mouth of a 30-feet deep well in Vile Parle area Tuesday evening when the grill suddenly gave in and the women fell into the well.
Madhvi Pandey (49), Renu Yadav (20) and a girl named Divya (3) drowned in the incident.