Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) Subhash Joshi gave Rs 70 lakh as relief to 14 personnel of Uttarakhand police went missing in natural disaster.
DG BSF Subhash Joshi called on Director General of Police (DGP) Uttarakhand Satyavrata at Police Headquarters here and submitted a cheque worth Rs 70 lakh to the later. During interaction with his BSF counterpart, the DGP said that the sum would be deposited to police martyrs fund. It would be given next to the kin of the missing 14 jawans as soon as legal formalities are completed. Rs five lakh each would be given to 14 missing police jawans’ kin.
Moreover, Uttarakhand Police department has also decided to provide Rs 2.5 lakh each to the 14 missing police personnel as relief to their families. The fund would be contributed from the salaries of the police force. Simultaneously, Rs 2.5 lakh each would be given to the kin of three fire service personnel who lost their lives last year when the disaster struck Uttarkashi.
This amount would be in addition to the fund of Rs 4 lakh each to be given to the personnel under group insurance and accidental insurance. Donating a day salary, the Police department would provide Rs 50 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund. The amount would be provided to the fund soon.