Showing his full concern for the welfare of the family members of the cops who laid down their lives while serving for the state, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here on Friday announced that now the government will also forward a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the parents of the police martyrs in addition to Rs 20-lakh compensation already given to them.
"The Samajwadi Party government has always honoured and respected the martyrs' families and did everything to help them. We are already giving Rs 20 lakh as compensation but now we are considering to give additional Rs 5 lakh to the families of the martyrs," he announced while expressing his heartiest condolence to the deceased martyrs. He said that to make the force working on field, the state government also raised the nutrition allowance of all non-gazetted officers by Rs 100.
Speaking soon after paying his homage to police martyrs on occasion of `Police Commemoration Day’ Parade here at Reserve Police lines Grounds on Friday morning, the CM honoured family members of seven policemen who lost their lives while performing duties. The CM also met the family members of the martyrs and consoled them. Yadav appealed the cops to do their jobs with full honesty and devotion and let the government take care of their welfare. He also laid emphasis on modernization of the force and claimed that government is making all efforts to facilitate a high-tech police control room, full equipped forensic laboratory, highway trauma services along with measures to ease the growing traffic congestion in the big cities.
Remembering the contribution of the cops who not even thought of their lives while serving for public, Yadav asked them to take action against all the anti-social elements and criminals, irrespective of the status they enjoy as only through unbiased action the law and order could be maintained in the State. Yadav also said that to cops must gear up to meet out growing challenges in the field of cyber crime, internet crime and other hi-tech criminal activities.
Earlier Yadav took salute of Police Commemoration Day Parade and paid floral tribute to the martyrs. He also gave a shawl and Rs 25,000 cash to the widows of seven of police martyrs who turned up at the venue on Friday morning. A parade led by SSP of lucknow, Manzil Saini was also taken out on the occasion. Besides Akhilesh Yadav, several senior officers along with DGP Zaveed Ahmed, were present on the occasion. Archana Dwivedi, wife of Additional SP, Mukul Dwivedi, killed during firing in Mathura, had also appealed to the CM to ensure Gallantary Award for her husband. Mukul Dwivedi and sub-inspector, Santosh Kumar Yadav, whose widow Mithlesh Yadav was also honoured by Chief Minister on Friday, were killed when they went for eviction in `Jawahar Park’ at Mathura on which Ram Vriksh Yadav and his goons had illegally grabbed the government land in the name of `Ashram’. It may be mentioned that chief minister earlier also raised the compensation amount for the kin of above police officials. Besides the compensation which is raised to Rs 50 lakh, both the families would be given extraordinary pension plus a government job to one of the family members. The government has announced to provide all possible assistance to both the families. The extraordinary pension enable both the families to get full salary plus perks of the deceased officer till the date of his retirement and thereafter family pension would be given.