ComPeNSATioN Could be hiKed

CHANDIGARH — Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday asked officials to prepare a detailed socio-economic profile of the victims of the Amritsar train tragedy, hinting at a higher compensation for the aggrieved families amid growing criticism that the government was not doing enough, and quickly, to alleviate their pain.

“The chief minister told his Chief Principal Secretary Suresh Kumar that the government will have to do more than just give Rs500,000 as compensation to the kin of the dead, especially in cases where the victims are poor,” a spokesperson for the chief minister said. —