Chief Minister Jayalalithaa sanctions Rs. 2,99,210 towards medical expenses
A.R. Nagaraj (56), Divisional Excise Officer in the
Tahsildar cadre, sustained severe injuries in a road accident on the
Krishnagiri-Chennai National Highways on July 10, after inspecting a
TASMAC shop.
Knocked down
He was knocked down by a car near the Collectorate and admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru for treatment.
Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa has sanctioned Rs. 2,99,210 towards medical
expenses incurred for his treatment at the hospital from the CM’s Relief
Fund through GO (2D) No. 576 dated December 12 on the basis of the
appeal given by the Tamil Nadu Revenue Officials’ Association (TNROA)
through the then Collector C.N. Maheshwaran.
In a
press release that was issued here on Thursday, P. Vijayaragavan,
District President, TNROA, thanked the Chief Minister for the help
rendered to the family of the official who is on the verge of
retirement.
Mr. Vijayaraghavan told
The Hindu
that the official was fully recovered and is undergoing Magisterial training for Tahsildhars.
Appeal
He
recalled that the association had appealed to the Chief Minister to
bear the entire medical expenses for the then District Collector Pooja
Kularni, her personal clerk G. Jaishankar and the driver C. Sivanandam
who were injured in the road accident that occurred near Anjaneyar
Temple on the Krishnagiri-Chennai National Highway on December 1.
