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Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced employment would be given to the widows of the two Jawans of CRPF who hailed from the state and had sacrificed their lives while fighting Naxalites at Dantewada recently.
He also announced Rs 25 lakh each to the villages of the jawans for developmental work.
The Chief Minister,on a visit to the villages Nandgaon and Alampur in this district,met the members of the families of the two jawans and consoled them,according to an official release.
During his visit to Nandgaon,the native village of Constable Sandeep Yadav,the Chief Minister met his father Umed Singh.
Hooda also visited village Alampur where he met the members of the family of Constable Pardeep Kumar.
He said the Government High School of the village would be upgraded and named after Kumar.
He said that a sports stadium would also be constructed in the village and named after Pardeep provided it fulfilled the norms.
Later talking to media persons,Hooda said that as per the state governments policy introduced in 2006 the families of the two jawans would get a grant of Rs 2.50 lakh each.
The Congress government in the state had implemented this policy to give financial assistance to the next of kin of martyrs of paramilitary forces at par with that of Army.
He said that in such a situation in case a soldier is decorated for his act of bravery,an assistance of Rs five lakh is given.
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