The blasted officers – will the Board help?
The Boards should act immediately. Their transfers and targets can wait. The Boards should immediately appoint a Chief Commissioner as a nodal officer to look after the welfare of the bereaved families. Cut all red tapes and immediately provide a job to the spouse and give them a good financial grant. If that is not possible, give them the salary that the officer would have got till his retirement – there are provisions for such things in the maze of rules. For a change, don’t treat it as just another file; IT IS A LIFE.
Today it gives us great pleasure to report that Finance Minister Chidambaram has approved ‘out of turn’ compassionate appointment to the widows of two Inspectors killed in the blast. The Board deserves all praise for getting this cleared with the FM in the shortest possible time. Certainly a good message to send to your staff that “we are with you”.
The Secretary General of the Inspectors’ Federation, TirthankarPyne, in a quick reaction addressed a letter to the FM and the Board with the words, “We shall remain ever grateful for this immediate and benevolent act of kindness.”