By Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, FEB 7
Taking a serious note of the news item published in a section of press today
regarding a 17 year boy of village Urrang near Malout who had lost his both
arms after touching a broken high-tension electric wire outside his house seven
year back, the Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal directed the Social
Security department to provide artificial limbs to the boy with immediate
effect.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office
informed that the PSPCL had already gave an amount of Rs.5 lakh to the boy as
compensation on the directions of the Chief Minister besides Mr. Badal had also
gave a grant of Rs. 25000 from his discretionary fund to the boy.
The artificial limbs would be provided to the boy in next 10 days after taking
the body measurements by the social security department, said the
spokesperson. Mr. Badal also directed the district administration to
fulfill the commitments made to facilitate this handicapped boy at the
earliest.
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