Snowfall, rains raise chill, dip mercury in Uttarakhand’s hills
Sudden weather turnaround and steep dip in mercury level in Uttarakhand has resulted into to heavy snowfalls at all major tourist areas in the last two days.
On Thursday Uttarakhand cabinet authorized Human Wildlife Conflict Relief Distribution Rule 2023 under which compensation for the victims of wild animal invasions will be fast-tracked, said authorities.
Under this rule, peple who are suffer from insignificant injury from an animal attack will get Rs 15,000 and those who suffer from serious injury, will be compensated with Rs 1 lakh.
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And those who die in an animal attack, their family members will get Rs 6 lakh, said authorities.
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The cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also decided to provide a 50% discount on state transport buses for all the students who travel for writing competitive examinations.
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