GoAir — Ticket cancellation

I had a flight from bagdogra to Delhi on 11th Jan 2017 at 13:55 hrs. Around wee hours of the same day, around 8 hours prior to departure, I was informed that the flight is cancelled due to technical reasons. When I asked them to accomodate me on their next flight, I was blatantly told that they don't have any flights for the next 5 days. How convenient for them. If I had to go 5 days later why would I book a ticket for that day? And in a haste, I booked a ticket of some other airline at more than double the cost that I had paid earlier. They should atleast compensate us for the loss that I had to bear as the cancellation was not done from my side. Instead I had to face a lot of harassment. The least they could do is compensate me.