Shas­tri Boodan GML Cor­re­spon­dent

Three fam­i­lies af­fect­ed by a fire in War­renville re­ceived re­lief sup­plies from the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment on Tues­day, as they be­gin the process of re­build­ing.

Min­is­ter Khadi­jah Ameen vis­it­ed the fam­i­lies fol­low­ing the fire, which oc­curred ear­li­er that morn­ing, and pro­vid­ed as­sis­tance through the min­istry.

The ini­tial re­lief in­clud­ed eight cots, eight pil­lows and a case of bot­tled wa­ter. Ad­di­tion­al sup­plies de­liv­ered lat­er that evening in­clud­ed eight mat­tress­es, five bed­sheets, five blan­kets and three more cas­es of bot­tled wa­ter.

Each house­hold al­so re­ceived a $300 Xtra Foods vouch­er to help pur­chase es­sen­tial items.

The min­istry said the as­sis­tance was in­tend­ed to pro­vide com­fort and prac­ti­cal sup­port to the fam­i­lies as they cope with the af­ter­math of the fire.