Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has established mechanism for implementation of Solatium Scheme 1989 in the State, the State Human Rights Commission said on Monday.
Secretary SHRC said a “historic order” was passed by the Commission on a complaints pertaining to “HIT & RUN cases” filed before the Commission by ordering the State Government to implement the Solatium Scheme 1989 in the State which is already in existence throughout India.
The legal heir of a deceased in a hit-and-run accident case is entitled to get Rs 2 lakh under the solatium scheme. Likewise, the critically injured is entitled to get Rs 50,000 under the scheme.
“In compliance to the orders/directions of the Commission the State Government has established mechanism for implementation of the said scheme in each district as per Government Order No.41 TR of 2019 dated: 25-06-2019,” the secretary said.
The officer said the scheme is implemented in the State first time on the intervention of the Commission which otherwise should have been implemented thirty years before.
