Chennai: Condoling the death of two Army jawans from Tamil Nadu in an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Saturday announced a solatium of Rs 20 lakh each to the next kin of the victims.
In a statement, Mr Panneerselvam expressed grief over the death of B. Elavarasan and Sundrapandi hailing from Thanjavur and Madurai districts in the avalanche in Guerez sector in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday last.
“I extend my condolences and sympathies with their families,” he said in a statement. In line with late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s announcement hiking the solatium for Army men killed in duty from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh, he had directed a solatium for the said amount, the Chief Minister further said in the statement.
