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MCD, DJB asked to pay Rs. 6-lakh compensation

Staff Reporter

Man killed in accident due to faulty placement of manhole

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to jointly pay a compensation of Rs. 6 lakhs to the family of a man who was killed when he lost control of his two-wheeler and hit the iron grill on the central verge due to faulty placement of a manhole cover on Panchkuian Road here two years ago.

Justice Vikramjit Sen directed MCD and DJB to pay Rs.3lakhs each to the family of the victim who was working as a salesman drawing a salary of Rs.4,000 per month.

Metro offer

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) of its own will has offered to pay Rs.20,000 to advocate Ashwani Kumar Gupta as a goodwill gesture since the petitioner in the matter, Raj Kumar, father of the deceased, Vikas Gupta, was economically not in a position to pay fees to the advocate.

Mr. Justice Sen directed MCD and DJB to make the payment of the compensation amount within four weeks from the date of the order. The advocate had taken up the cause of the family of the deceased without any fee.

In the petition, Raj Kumar alleged that his son had met with the accident due to negligence and acts of omission and commission on the part of DJB and MCD.

He alleged that the cover of the manhole, which the deceased had hit, was not properly placed and was below the level of the road. The deceased along with one of his colleagues was on his way back home after offering prayers at Birla Mandir.

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