Rs 1.25 lakh compensation given to family of elephant victim

COIMBATORE: Industries minister S P Velumani on Saturday handed over Rs 1.25 lakh to the widow of a farmer who was recently trampled to death by an elephant near his house in Madukkarai on the outskirts of the city.

The compensation had been announced by Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa.

The minister later distributed Rs 19.32 lakh to 137 schools coming under Madukkarai and Perur union panchayats for modernisation and maintenance of various equipment like computers under the 'Education for All' scheme.