Disna Mudalige
The National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) had paid Rs 1.2 million under the Agrahara medical insurance scheme to dependants of two victims of the Alawwa train accident which occurred on September 17 last year, a spokesman for the Fund told the Daily News yesterday.
The insurance payment was handed over to Transport Minister Kumara Welgama by NITF Chairman Senaka Abeygunawardena at the ministry on Wednesday. The dependents of train driver Lal Ajith Kaluarachchi and assistant train driver A A Don Nihal of the Allawwa train accident were paid insurance claims.
The spokesman said that an engine driver of whose both legs were injured by a rail accident in Puttalam last year was also paid Rs 600,000. Agrahara Medical Scheme manager Anura Samarakoon was also present.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/01/27/news39.asp
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