Uttarakhand disaster: NTPC to pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation to kin of workers killed at its Tapovan project

State-run power giant NTPC on Monday said it would pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of labourers who died in the recent flash flood at its Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project in Uttarakhand. Details of the procedure for payment of the amount to the next of kin of labourers killed in the calamity is being worked out, NTPC’s spokesman RP Jayada told reporters.