Advertisment

Will give compensation to Iraq Victims kin but centre should also pitch in: Punjab CM

author-image
Nimrat Kaur
New Update
Will give compensation to Iraq Victims kin but centre should also pitch in: Punjab CM
Advertisment

Compensation to Iraq Victims kin but centre should also pitch in: Punjab CM

Advertisment

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday promised adequate compensation by the state government for the families of the Iraq victims but reiterated his demand for the Centre also to recompense them since the tragedy had occurred overseas.

The Chief Minister, on compassionate grounds, also ordered immediate release of Rs. 20000 as monthly pension to each of the bereaved families for February and March 2018, waiving off the condition of quarterly payouts. The DCs have been asked to disburse the pension amount immediately, he added.

The Chief Minister had earlier informed the House that, as per the information received from the Ministry of External Affairs, there are 27 victims from Punjab, of whom 11 hailed from Majha region and 11 from Doaba, with the remaining were from other parts of the state.

Advertisment

In response to questions from members, he said the mortal remains of the victims would take some time to reach India as there were some legal issues, which the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was trying to sort out with the authorities in Mosul.

Captain Amarinder Singh told the members that he was in constant touch with the External Affairs Minister in this regard and had been told that the bodies of the ill-fated Punjabis would land at Amritsar Airport once the requisite formalities are completed by the Mosul authorities in Iraq. He further said that the coffins with the remains of the deceased would be received at the Airport by the state government, with full respect and honour, before being handed over to the respective families for the last rites.

-PTC News

-
punjab-cm punjab latest-news-in-punjabi latest-news-in-punjab iraq compensation-to-iraq-victims iraq-victims-kin compensation-to-iraq-victims-kin
Advertisment

Stay updated with the latest news headlines.

Follow us:
Advertisment