By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state authorities has determined to offer a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the household of A S Harshad, the reptile keeper who died of a king cobra chew on the Thiruvananthapuram Zoo on June 30. His spouse, Sheeja, can even be given a job.
The authorities has additionally determined to satisfy the academic bills of his son Abin until the age of 18 years. The choice was taken on the cabinet meet on Thursday.
The cabinet has additionally determined to make sure that Rs 10 lakh from the compensation will likely be utilized for the development of the household’s home.
Harshad was the primary individual to die of a king cobra chew within the state.
Harshad was killed by the seven-year-old king cobra whereas he was cleansing its enclosure in the course of the midday interval. For greater than an hour, not one of the zoo workers seen him mendacity within the enclosure. By the time, Harshad was delivered to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital, the medical doctors pronounced him as introduced lifeless.
The zoo authorities had proposed to zoo minister J Chinchurani that compensation and a job to a member of the family be offered. The minister in flip introduced the matter to the discover of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The zoo authorities had additionally sought the assistance of common training minister V Sivankutty to make sure free training for Abin.
With the passing away of Harshad, the massive burden of taking good care of his aged mother and father and 12-year-old son Abin had fallen on Sheeja’s shoulders.