141 conservancy workers’ families get Rs 10L each
The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras High Court that it has paid a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to 141 families of deceased manual scavengers in the state.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-02-26 04:28 GMT
Chennai
The government also stated that it was committed towards expeditious payment of compensation to dependents of sewer/septic tank death victims in all cases.
The government’s position was submitted in court before the bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Huluvadi G Ramesh and Justice R Mahadevan.
The Joint Secretary also submitted that the department had identified families of 13 more victims and the formalities for paying compensation to them was under process.
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