The State would bear the expenses of medical treatment given to R. Selvakumar, a Class VIII student, who was lost his right arm after the roof of a kitchen in the government school collapsed on him at Ponnanpadugai village in Theni, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced on Sunday.
He said ₹2 lakh would be granted from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund for the boy’s family.
The government earlier approved a sum of ₹2 lakh from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
