NHRC recommends that Government of MP pay Rs.30 lakh as relief to the families of ten deceased labourers (09.5.2014)
PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi, 9th May, 2014
The National Human Rights Commission has recommended interim relief of Rupees Three lakh each to the next of kin of ten labourers who died while working in an under construction rice mill which collapsed on the 4th February, 2013 in Village Bhundha, District Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. It has held that the financial assistance of Rupees one lakh each to the families of the deceased given by the State Government was grossly inadequate for the loss of life of bread earners.
The Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh has been directed to submit proof of payment made to the next of kin of all the ten deceased within six weeks.
The Commission has also stated that this amount is independent of any other claim contemplated or pending before any court or tribunal. However, the State Government is at liberty to submit the details of relief before the concerned court or tribunal where the claims are under adjudication under the Workmen Compensation Act as mentioned by the State Government in its response to the Commission.
The Commission has also asked the Government of Madhya Pradesh, through its Chief Secretary, to ensure speedy disposal of proceedings under Workmen Compensation Act pending in Labour Court, Rewa.
During the course of enquiry, the Commission had been informed by the State Government that the criminal proceedings against the rice mill owner and the Project Engineer were pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. The next of kin of ten deceased labourers were paid Rupees one lakh each and eleven seriously injured were paid Rupees Fifty thousand from the Chief Minister's Fund.
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New Delhi, 9th May, 2014
The National Human Rights Commission has recommended interim relief of Rupees Three lakh each to the next of kin of ten labourers who died while working in an under construction rice mill which collapsed on the 4th February, 2013 in Village Bhundha, District Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. It has held that the financial assistance of Rupees one lakh each to the families of the deceased given by the State Government was grossly inadequate for the loss of life of bread earners.
The Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh has been directed to submit proof of payment made to the next of kin of all the ten deceased within six weeks.
The Commission has also stated that this amount is independent of any other claim contemplated or pending before any court or tribunal. However, the State Government is at liberty to submit the details of relief before the concerned court or tribunal where the claims are under adjudication under the Workmen Compensation Act as mentioned by the State Government in its response to the Commission.
The Commission has also asked the Government of Madhya Pradesh, through its Chief Secretary, to ensure speedy disposal of proceedings under Workmen Compensation Act pending in Labour Court, Rewa.
During the course of enquiry, the Commission had been informed by the State Government that the criminal proceedings against the rice mill owner and the Project Engineer were pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. The next of kin of ten deceased labourers were paid Rupees one lakh each and eleven seriously injured were paid Rupees Fifty thousand from the Chief Minister's Fund.
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