AMARINDER FOR SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILING OF VICTIMS

CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed the Amritsar deputy commissioner and the commissioner of police to make a detailed socio-economic profile of each of the train tragedy victims.

The CM, who met some of the train accident survivors in hospitals on Saturday, was moved by tales of two young women who lost their entire families, including children and husbands, and in one case even her in-laws.

Anguished at the plight of such survivors, the CM had then told his chief principal secretary Suresh Kumar that the government will have to do more than just giving ₹5 lakh as compensation to the kin of the dead, especially in cases where the victims are poor. The CM said a proper system would be worked out to ensure that such survivors were rehabilitated by the state at the earliest.

On Sunday, while reviewing the situation in the aftermath of the train tragedy, the CM also directed that ration, clothing, medicines etc be provided to the families of the victims, as most were from the economically weaker sections of the society.

The CM also reviewed the relief and rehabilitation work with the crisis management group of ministers headed by health minister Brahm Mohindra and directed them to take immediate steps for early disbursement of the compensation.