Delhi blasts: DDLSA waits for victims to claim compensation

The next of kin of the victims or those injured in the 2005 Diwali-eve serial blasts are not turning up before the Delhi District Legal Services Authority to seek compensation, putting the body in a peculiar situation.

Over a decade after the blasts, the authority, which has prepared a list of over 280 victims, is facing difficulty even to trace many of them, even as there is no dearth of funds.

"Warrants were served through Delhi Police last month but only around 50 have turned up to claim the relief so far.

Several addresses are not complete, some victims changed their residences, while some others are unknown," Delhi District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) Secretary Shivani Chauhan told

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