Arunima Sinha to be given Rs. 0.5 million by Uttar Pradesh government
Arunima Sinha, the injured Indian national level volleyball player will be receiving a sum of money worth Rs. 0.5 million to alleviate her suffering a bit.
It has been directed by the high court of Allahabad that Arunima should receive the mentioned amount. The high court has made it the responsibility of the government of Uttar Pradesh to hand over the money to Arunima.
The player was allegedly pushed off the train that she was travelling in while heading for Delhi from Lucknow. The incident took place near Bareilly, when a group of robbers tried to deprive Arunima of her chain. When she put up a resistance, the robbers
pushed her off the moving train.
As a result, Arunima fell down on the adjacent tracks, where she was hit by another oncoming train. The result of the collision was that Arunima had to get one of her legs amputated while the other one received multiple fractures.
Sadly, the first compensation offer that was made to the injured 23-year-old player was that of Rs. 25,000. An enraged Arunima rejected it and demanded that she be given a government job so that she becomes independent and her future is secured. Ironically,
the reason of her journey upon which the tragic incident took place was to appear for a test regarding a government job.
After a lot of media hype and general outrage expressed by the public, the government felt the need to respond in a more sensitive manner to the national level player. Therefore, the recent development of providing Arunima with more compensation has taken
place.
Not only that, the Sports Ministry has also felt the responsibility of making amends and supporting its player. It has also taken charge and made the announcement that Arunima will be receiving money amounting to 0.2 million rupees.
That does not end the story, as Arunima had demanded that she be given a government level job that made enable her to become a functional part of the society, the state government had started working on the matter. Recently, she has been offered a job by
the state government.
Despite the fact that Arunima lost her leg and is still suffering, her plight is at last being heard.
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