A year after crash, man awaits relief

Shoba Ram is a distraught man today. Though a year has passed after an air ambulance crashed atop his house on May 25 last year — killing 10 people, including three members of his family — he is struggling to get compensation. Prabhu Razdan reports.

Updated on: May 25, 2012, 22:56:01 IST

Hindustan Times | By Prabhu Razdan, Faridabad

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Shoba Ram is a distraught man today. Though a year has passed after an air ambulance crashed atop his house on May 25 last year — killing 10 people, including three members of his family — he is struggling to get compensation.

The air-ambulance, which was on its way to Apollo Hospital in Delhi from Bihar and carrying a patient, Rahul Raj, along with doctors, crash-landed in Parvartiya colony in Faridabad.

Three members of Ram's family — his wife Vedwati, daughter Savita and daughter-in-law Rani — perished in the air ambulance debris.

“I was assured that compensation will be released,” Shoba Ram told HT on Friday.

Ram said his nine-year-old grandson, Yash, who lost his mother Savita in the crash, also lost his father after a month of the incident.

“If any commitment was made by the government, I’ll ensure it is fulfilled”, said Faridabad DC Balraj Singh.

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Prabhu Razdan
Prabhu Razdan has been a journalist for over two decades. He has covered insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, and has reported from Jaipur, Jodhpur and Varanasi. He now writes on politics, crime, social issues and developmental issues in Faridabad.Read More

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