While the city Congress today claimed that government increased the amount of compensation for the victims of December 7 fire at Damunagar slum in suburban Kandivali due to the party's agitation, NCP termed the aid as a joke.

Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam said the party workers' relay hunger strike forced the state government to hike the compensation from Rs 3,800 to Rs 25,000 per family. However, Mumbai NCP president Sachin Ahir termed the amount as "meagre" and a "joke".