Expressing sympathy with the martyrs’ families Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented a cheque of Rs 20 lakh to the families of one army and seven police martyrs at his official residence here on Monday.
Expressing solidarity with the family at the hour of crisis Yadav said that the state government had immense respect for martyrs and was always willing to extend all possible help to their dependants.
Besides giving a cheque of Rs. 20 lakh financial assistance to the family of martyr Ganesh Shankar, of the Uri terror attack Yadav also announced that his children will be given free education, a house under the lohia Housing Scheme and his mother would get benefit under the Samajwadi Pension Scheme.
Besides, families of seven policemen who laid down their lives while doing duty were also given cheques of Rs. 20 lakh each by Chief Minister. The beneficiaries include Surendra Singh (Hapur), Ashok Kumar (Aligarh), Jitendra Kumar (Gautam Budhnagar), Devendra Chaurasiya (Deoria), Sukhveer Singh (Baghpat), Yashpal Singh (lucknow), and Pramod Kumar from Ghaziabad.