More than three months since the incident, girl is yet to get the promised compensation, even though she is on the list of injured victims. Varsha Sakpal, 20, was lucky to make it out alive in the Siddhi Sai building collapse, but according to the authorities, she did not suffer enough to qualify for compensation declared by Chief minister Devendra Fadanvis. This, despite the fact that Varsha was admitted in hospital for four days after being rescued from the rubble, and her name is also on the list of injured people. Varsha told mid-day, "After I got discharged from the hospital, one of my neighbours said that the government had declared compensation of Rs 50,000 for the injured. I found my name on the list of injured people, and wrote an application to the Collector. But three months later, I am still waiting for the money."

Varsha Sakpal holds up the discharge report she got after spending four days in hospital with a head injury from the disaster. Pic/Rajesh Gupta