Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Bilaspur district of Chattisgarh on Saturday to meet family members of victims of sterilization tragedy that claimed the lives of 13 women.
Earlier, Health Minister J P Nadda had assured all possible assistance to the Chhattisgarh Government to tackle the incident.
The sterilization tragedy has claimed 13 lives, with more than 50 women, who were left in a critical state, undergoing treatment at four different hospitals in Bilaspur. The state government has ordered an investigation into the incident and announced a compensation of Rs. two lakh to the kin of each of the victims.
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