Cyclone Yaas: West Bengal govt rejects 50% compensation claims, terms them 'bogus'

The West Bengal government received over three lakh applications for compensation in the aftermath of cyclone Yaas. However, it rejected almost 50 per cent of them as 'bogus'.

The West Bengal government has rejected as "bogus" almost 50 per cent of the applications that were filed seeking compensation for the damage caused by cyclone Yaas, following spot verification by district authorities, a senior official said on Sunday. The government had last month received at least 3,81,774 applications at the camps set up under its Duare Tran (relief at doorstep) programme, he said.