Shimla, July 31 -- Shimla deputy commissioner Anupam Kashyap on Wednesday directed the company executing the Parwanoo-Dhali four lane to pay compensation of Rs.5.61 crore to Shreya, Shourya and Ranjana, whose multi-storey building had collapsed at Bhattakuffar in the outskirts of Shimla town due to landslide on June 30.

An enquiry committee was constituted to ascertain the cause of house collapse which held the company responsible for the landslide and the directions to pay compensation were issued on the basis of the report, officials said.

The enquiry committee headed by additional district magistrate (ADM, law & order) Pankaj Sharma, constituted on July 4, submitted its report on July 18, blaming the company for cutting of hills in t...