Here's What The Different State Governments Have Announced To Help The Families Of CRPF Martyrs
Several states have announced compensation for the families of the security personnel who were killed in Pulwama attack. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed when their convoy was targeted by a suicide bomber of Jaish-e-Mohammad. The government has also announced jobs to family members of the killed jawans.
Several states have announced compensation for the families of the security personnel, who were killed in Pulwama attack. It is being considered as one of the deadliest attacks on security forces, at least 44 CRPF jawans were killed when their convoy was targeted by a suicide bomber of Jaish-e-Mohammad, a Pakistan-backed terror outfit.
Around 2,500 CRPF personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar in a convoy of 78 buses.
Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government on Saturday revised the ex-gratia to the family members of CRPF jawans from the state who were among the 40 killed in the Pulwama terror attack to Rs. 50 lakh from Rs. 25 lakh.
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The government has also announced jobs to family members of the killed jawans.
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh has announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh each to the next kin of the CRPF jawans from Uttarakhand killed in the attack. He has also announced a government job to one member of each family.
Two CRPF jawans from Uttarakhand were among the 44 personnel killed in the attack.
Odisha
Prasana Sahu and Manoj Behera were among the 44 jawans killed in the suicide attack. The Odisha government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of the slain soldiers.
Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh government has also announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the 12 CRPF jawans from Uttar Pradesh. The Yogi Adityanath government has also announced a job to one member of each soldier's family.
The link road in the native village of these martyrs will also be named after them.
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Those who laid down their lives are Amit Kumar (Shamli), Avdhesh Kumar Yadav (Chandauli), Pradip Kumar (Shamli), Ram Vajeel (Mainpuri), Mahesh Kumar (Allahabad), Ramesh Yadav (Varanasi), Kaushal Kumar Rawat (Agra), Pradip Singh (Kannauj), Shyam Babu (Kanpur Dehat) and Ajit Kumar Azad (Unnao), Pankaj Kumar Tripathi (Maharajganj), Vijay Kumar Maurya (Deoria).
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of a CRPF jawan from the state. Not only this, a member of CRPF jawan Vijay Soreng's family will get a government job
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Punjab
Dainik Bhaskar
Punjab government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 12 lakh along with a government job to the next of kin of Kulwinder Singh of Roopnagar district, Sukhjinder Singh of Tarantarn, Jaimal Singh of Moga and Manjinder Singh of Dinanagar.
Madhya Pradesh
The family of Ashwini Kumar Kachhi will get a compensation of Rs 1 crore. Kachhi was one of the CRPF jawan killed in the grisly Pulwama attack.
Dainik Bhaskar
CM Kamal Nath paid tribute to him and said, ¡°The martyr¡¯s family will receive Rs 1 crore in compensation, a house, and one family member will be offered a government job.¡±
Tamil Nadu
Edappadi K Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has announced a compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of two jawans from the state killed in Thursday¡¯s attack, ANI reported.
Tripura
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh and the Maharashtra government announced Rs 50 lakh for the families, according to ANI.
Maharashtra
The Maharashtra government has announced a compensation of Rs 50 lakh each to the kin of two CRPF jawans who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
The aggrieved families of the soldiers need more help. Let's hope that there are more helping hands extended to them.