Visakhapatnam, July 19 -- YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders reaffirmed that the party would provide Rs 1 crore compensation to each family of the six fishermen who lost their lives in the Visakhapatnam fishing boat tragedy once it returns to power, besides providing a new fishing boat to survivor Chinna, who lost his livelihood in the accident.

As per the release, the assurance was made while distributing Rs 49 lakh in financial assistance, Rs 7 lakh each to seven affected families, including Chinna, through cheques personally signed by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy from party funds.

YSRCP leaders said the six fishermen would have survived had the government launched rescue operations immediately instead of delaying the response for nearly 18 h...