On the directions of Governor N N Vohra, a meeting was convened under the chairmanship of principal secretary, finance department, Navin Kumar Choudhary to discuss the compensation issues in case of accidental death due to electrocution while repairing the electric lines. Mostly the casuallabourers of the PDD have lost their lives in the process.
The committee decided that the cases of permanent disability as a result of electrocution also deserve suitable compensation which as a matter of principal should be half of the amount as in the case of death to be decided by the SAC.