November 13, 2009

Rs 100-cr Aid for Srilankan Refugees Camps at Tamilnadu - CM


Tamil Nadu, chief minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday announced a Rs 100 crore package for Srilankan Tamil refugees welfare as per the Report from the Tamilnadu state ministers, offering them concrete houses, colour television sets and a comprehensive star health insurance cover.

Other Welfare schemes are...marriage assistance of Rs 20,000 to poor girls, free bus passes to school and college students, funeral assistance of Rs 2,500 and tricycles and equipment for the physically disabled.

The cabinet announced to avoide the word “refugee” and instead using the term “Sri Lankan Tamils residing in Tamil Nadu”. In Tamilnadu 115 camps are for refugees in 26 districts, now government to rebuild or repair 5982 houses initially.