20230407 Anwarganj fire: Process begins for insurance claims
India Apr 07 2023 “Building”
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Anwarganj fire: Process begins for insurance claims
Updated: 2023-04-07
Kanpur: District magistrate Vishak G Iyer has constituted a grievance committee for early redressal of insurance claims of readymade traders who had suffered major losses in the Anwarganj, Bansmandi fire.
The grievance committee comprises joint commissioner State Goods and Services Tax (SGST), lead bank manager and ACM-7.
The team of joint commissioner, SGST and ACM -7 has been instructed to coordinate with insurance companies and prepare a checklist of documents required for disposal of claim forms and give the compensation to traders soon.
The DM held a meeting with ADM finance, joint commissioner SGST, lead bank manager and representatives of all insurance companies in this regard in the camp office on Wednesday and directed that all insurance companies should check from their database how many traders have submitted their insurance claim and to ensure the claim form is filled duly by those who have not.
DM also said that during the exercise, shopkeepers should not be harassed unnecessarily and the records required for the insurance claim should be first determined through representatives of the joint commissioner, SGST, LDM and two insurance companies.
He said, “All insurance companies have been directed to complete survey and damage assessment of the buildings from April 11 to 13 in the presence of fire department and police officials. Also, the insurance companies must appoint a surveyor to ensure that the survey work is done at their own level.”
Iyer said since physical records available with the shopkeepers got destroyed in the fire, insurance companies have been directed to process claims through records available online, such as GST returns, and updated information deposited in banks.
He said the team of joint commissioner, SGST and LDM has been directed to coordinate with the insurance companies and prepare a checklist of documents necessary for settlement of the claim form and circulate it soon.
Atleast 1,150 shops of readymade garments were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a multi-storey commercial building and quickly spread to adjacent towers in Anwarganj area of Kanpur on March 31.
The traders of the market were preparing for big business ahead of Eid-Ul-Fitr and the subsequent marraige season. Traders said that apart from the maority of districts of the state, their stock was purchased by retail traders in the border dsitricts of several states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh
Web Source: The Times of India