JAMMU: BJP State President and MLA, Sat Sharma handed over a cheque of Rs 25,000 to Thoru Ram, a resident of Talab Tillo as compensation as his shop got damaged in a fire few days ago.
State Secretary Sanjay Baru and Jammu West District President Ayodhya Gupta were also present.
Soon after the occurrence of the incident of fire break in the shop, Sat had taken up the matter with the Deputy Commissioner and the case for compensation was forwarded to Red Cross and a cheque of Rs 25,000 was issued in favour of Thoru Ram, which was finally handed over to him by Sat Sharma.
Sat Sharma, while speaking on the occasion, said that it has always been his sincere effort that the loss caused by such incidents are adequately compensated so that the sufferer can be in a position to re-stand and carry on his routine life. Other who were presented on the occasion include BJP leaders Jeet Angral, Beena Gupta, K.L Gupta, Puran Sharma, Parveen Ghai, Puneet Gupta, Raj Kumar, Neelam Nargotra, Pardeep Mohtra, Sham Choudhary, Rahul Nargotra and Yash Pal.