By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, FEB 21
The Haryana
Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, announced to give an ex-gratia of Rs
10 lakh to the next of kin of the State Roadways driver namely Mr Narinder
Singh, who had died in an accident in Ambala City yesterday. Mr Hooda also
announced to give Government job to Mrs Gurpreet Kaur, the daughter-in-law of
the deceased driver as per her qualifications.
This was stated by Haryana Industries and Commerce Minister, Mr Randeep Singh
Surjewala after having a meeting with the officers of district administration,
police, leaders of the Roadways employees and relatives of the deceased driver
in Ambala today.
He said that
the State Government has also ordered an enquiry into the incident by a
Magistrate, as demanded by the leaders of the Roadways employees. Till the
completion of the enquiry, the proceedings of the cases registered against
leaders of the employees and the employees would not be pursued. Also, any
action in this regard would be taken after the receipt of the report of the
enquiry. The employees of the Roadways have also agreed to assume their duties.
Mr Surjewala said that the Chief Minister has also condoled the death of the
driver Mr Narinder Singh. He said that the Chief Minister had deputed former
Minister Ch. Nirmal Singh and former Media Coordinator Dilip Chawla Bittu to
meet the members of the family of the deceased and leaders of the employees to
resolve the issue. Both the relatives of the deceased and leaders of the
Roadways employees have accepted the manner in which the issue has been
resolved without any pressure. He said that immediately after getting the
information of the tragic accident, the officers of the district administration
had at their own level contacted the members of the family of the deceased. Out
of the total Rs ten lakh to be given to the next of kin of the deceased, while
Rs five lakh would be given by the State Government, an equal amount would be
given out of the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
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