Karnataka govt decides to double solatium paid for wild elephant attack
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday to double the solatium paid for death due to wild elephant attack, from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh.
According to a statement by the Chief Minister's office, the meeting was attended by Excise and Hassan District-in-charge Minister K Gopalaiah and other senior officials from Forest Department.
For permanent disability due to elephant attack, the meeting decided to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh increasing it from the present Rs 5 lakh; for partial disability, from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh; and for injuries, from Rs 30,000 to Rs 60,000.
Regarding damage to property, it was decided to hike the compensation from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000, while the monthly pension for permanently disabled persons has been increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 4,000.
Even the amount paid for crop damage will be doubled, the statement said.
It further said that permission was granted to capture eight elephants which were creating havoc in the Sakleshpur-Belur area and to radio collar the captured tuskers in order to keep a watch on them.
Already, 23 wild elephants have been radio collared to keep a watch on their movements.
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Elderly man dies after part of slab falls on him in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): A 75-year-old man died after some portion of a slab in a two-storey residential structure collapsed on him in Mumbai's Bhandup area on Saturday morning, officials said.
The incident occurred at Tulshipada in Patkar Compound of Bhandup West around 9.45 am, they said.
"The victim, identified as Susai Daevdas Kaunder, was injured when some part of the slab on the upper floor of a two-storey structure fell on him," a civic official said.
He was immediately taken to nearby Navkaar Hospital, where he was declared dead, the official said.
