57 expats unrelated to Friday's fire registered for aid: NDMA
NDMA has provided assistance and shelter for Bangladeshi nationals affected by the fire as well
Friday night\'s fire
57 expatriates unrelated to Friday’s fire have registered for assistance, revealed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
NDMA’s Chief Executive Hisaan Hassan revealed that while the authority has been providing assistance for locals and expatriates affected in the fire, their evaluation shows that 57 out of those registered as fire victims are completely unrelated to the incident.
Although the authority had been accommodating them at a location of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, they have now been handed over to the Immigration Department, revealed Hisaan.
Further, while NDMA is continuing to provide shelter and assistance to those affected by the fire, they have booked a hall in Dharubaaruge for a period of seven days and have been distributing relief items, donations and essentials to individuals who have been placed there.
A total of 247 individuals have been provided temporary shelter.
