Staff must be treated on par with cops, give solatium for death in line of duty: TN forest staff association
1 week, 1 day ago

Staff must be treated on par with cops, give solatium for death in line of duty: TN forest staff association

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association alleged that in stark contrast to police personnel, the state government does not provide solatium to the kin of forest department staff who died while on duty hours. They pointed out that even after the death of a 32-year-old forest guard, who was the sole breadwinner of his family in a road accident at Dindigul three weeks ago, the state government have not made any announcement to provide solatium to his wife and two kids. On Saturday, the team led by S Karthikeyan, who is the president of Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association met the deceased’s wife R Valliand, and handed over the cash to their son R Dinesh Kumar and daughter R Bhuvana. “Likewise, the state has not provided solatium to C Chandru, who died on duty at the Pollachi forest range in Anamalai Tiger Reserve in May 2020.

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