Delhi's SC/ST Welfare and Women and Child Welfare Minister Sandeep Kumar along with AAP Haryana chief Naveen Jaihind today met the families of the five men who died after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a well in Nidana village of the district.
They announced a relief of Rs 20,000 for each of the aggrieved families on behalf of the Aam Aadmi Party's Haryana unit.
The leaders demanded that the state government provide a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to their next of kin and government jobs to one member of the bereaved families.
"Latur-like circumstances are prevailing in the state. Due to the state government's negligence, 14 districts are experiencing severe water shortage and they have completely failed in providing drinking water to the people," Naveen Jaihind told reporters.
"Because of the water shortage, these men took steps which the Haryana government should have taken and ended up losing their lives," he said.
Jaihind said the state is "solely responsible" for the death of these men and either these wells should be closed completely or they be put to use by people.
He said the AAP workers will meet the Chief Minister on May 23 in Julana and handover a memorandum seeking a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each and government jobs for the families of the victims.
Five persons had died after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning a well in the district on Monday. According to villagers, as the residents of Dhanak Colony were facing acute shortage of drinking water, the men decided to clean the well which was in a state of disuse.
Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation chairperson Sunita Duggal had also visited the Nidana village on Monday and met the families of the deceased.
