Akhilesh announces Rs 20 lakh aid to kin of UN peacekeepers

April 11, 2013 14:36

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday announced financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to the family members of two peacekeepers from the state killed during a United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

The Chief Minister has announced financial assistance to families of Hawaldar Heeralal from Bulandshahr and Nayab Sbedar Shiv Kumar Pal hailing from Pratapgarh district. "We will try to help them. Government will fully support their families. Government will pay rupees 20 lakh to both the families," Yadav said after paying homage to Shiv Kumar Pal, one of the five soldiers who were killed on Tuesday when their 32-member convoy was ambushed by armed men in Gurmuck in the volatile state of Jonglei in South Sudan.

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