Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will provide free flats in Slum Rehabilitation Authority project at Yashwantnagar in Pimpri to families of eight workers killed in Moshi landfill accident.Municipal commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi has issued allotment orders for eight flats to the legal heirs of workers who died in the July 8 accident. The allotment for the ninth victim, Nagesh Gaikwad, is pending as his family is yet to submit the required documents. The civic body said the flat would be allotted once the documentation is completed.The move comes nearly two months after the civic body announced its decision to provide houses to the victims’ families following demands by corporators. The PCMC general body approved the proposal through a resolution on Sept 2, following which its slum rehabilitation and eradication department initiated the allotment process.The civic body had earlier sanctioned and disbursed Rs 10 lakh each to the legal heirs of all nine workers as financial assistance. The free flats are an additional rehabilitation measure aimed at providing permanent housing to the families who lost their sole breadwinners.On July 8, a portion of a garbage mound collapsed at PCMC’s Moshi landfill, killing nine workers and injuring several others.“The civic administration is fully aware of the grief of the families who lost their loved ones in the Moshi landfill accident. We stand firmly with them and are extending all possible assistance,” Suryawanshi said.
