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Defence Ministry announces Rupees 35 Lakhs to kin of AN 32 victims
More than one year after the Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft tragedy in which eight employees of Naval Armament Depot (NAD), Vizag went missing, the Defence Ministry has finally announced ex-gratia of Rs 35 lakh, along with ordinary pension to the eight bereaved families.
Visakhapatnam: More than one year after the Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft tragedy in which eight employees of Naval Armament Depot (NAD), Vizag went missing, the Defence Ministry has finally announced ex-gratia of Rs 35 lakh, along with ordinary pension to the eight bereaved families.
It may recalled that the Indian Air Force plane AN 32 had reportedly drowned in the Bay of Bengal on July 22, 2016.
Earlier, Vizag MP K Haribabu has shot a letter to the then Defence Minister Arun Jaitley requesting him to grant special benefits to the legal heirs of deceased defence civilian employees,
who died in the mishap of the AN-32 Aircraft. In a reply to Haribabu’s letter, Arun Jaitley mentioned that Rs 35 lakh ex-gratia along with the extra ordinary pension to the legal heirs of the deceased, as per the provisions of CCS Rules has also been approved by the Competent Authority.
Even AP Government has paid Rs 5 lakh as ex gratia to each of the families of the victim employees of Naval Armament Depot (NAD) from Vizag on April 8 this year.
Expressing pleasure with the decision of the ministry of defence, NAD Civil Employees Union led by its president KA Nageswara Rao on Thursday met Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (ENC) for his efforts in favour of the bereaving families.
