Thane: The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has asked New India Assurance Company to pay Rs 9.90 lakh compensation to the family of a farmer who died in a mishap in 2012, and recover the amount from the owner of the offending vehicle.

The claimant, Sangeeta Vilas Kirkire (28), told the tribunal that her husband Vilas Kirkire (29), a farmer who also ran a chicken shop at Hirad Phata in Thane's Jawhar taluka, earned around Rs 9,000 per month and was the family's sole bread winner.