Even after nine-years, passed of the October 30 serial blasts victims are crying for full Compensations
In Kokrajhar town, 20 persons lost their lives and left 60 injuried in the three serial blasts on October 30 in the main town itself. The first bomb blast was occurred at Kokrajhar main vegetable market at around 10.45 am which was planted on a bi-cycle, the second blast took place at Vivekananda Path near railway crossing gate which planted under drainage footpath and last blast happened at fish market which was planted inside drain which ripped twenty people’s lives besides left 60 injuries.
Victims rued on the shocked day of serial blasts
today as they are yet to get full ex-gratia compensations that promised from state and centre governments after the blasts.The governments had done little nothing to the promises so far,victim’s family members said.
On the nine-years completion of Black Day(October 30) on Monday, Kalpana Das, mother of Ajay, who lost her elder son at vegetable main market blast on October 30 serial blast in Kokrajhar said that it was a shocked moment when the October 30 comes in my heart.
‘I feel myself very loneliness as I lost my elder son on that day’, she said on tearful.
She said as per the government assured to provide financial assistance to the victims, but till today we were not receiving full amount of rupees 8 lakhs in our family to sustaining suitable spirit.She also expresses serious concern over mismanagament of Swahid Bedi that constructed at Bazar which has been seeing unsuited as traders used the place for chiken market. She said it is totally dishonoured to the swahids,who lost their lives on October 30 serial blasts.
Ratan Dey, son of late Narayan Dey, who lost his father at fish market blast in Kokrajhar said, ‘Though the government had declared total Rs 8 lakh as compensation, we have received only six lakhs. It has already crossed nine years, yet promises from government to be imlemented’, he allegged.
Jhorna Dey, widow, holding back her tears expressed her shock, ‘Our life has changed completely since we lost main earner in the family, and life has to move on’, Dey said. The government at that time had announced a job to the kin of victims but our family has failed to get any government job.
‘We are struggling to survive with my and mother. I don’t want others to face the same fate. I want peace. I want my family to live in a peaceful in BTC region as well as Assam’, she added.
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