GAIBANDHA: The families of five persons, who were killed by lightning strike in the district, received financial aid on Thursday.

The financial aid was distributed among the lightning victims’ families by Sadullapur UNO Rokhsana Begum.

The deceased are the inhabitants of Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district. Then, the district administration informed the higher authorities concerned about the tragic death of the workers. In response, the ministry of disaster management and relief sanctioned Taka one lakh for the deceased.

Accordingly, Sadullapur upazila administration led by UNO Rokhsana Begum formally distributed the financial aid to the close relatives of the deceased in a function held at her office on Thursday.

Each of them got Taka 20,000 from the administration.

Upazila project implementation officer Rezaul Karim and other officials were also present on the occasion.