State Photographers Association of Andhra Pradesh and employees of the Information and Public Relations Department jointly donated ₹56,000 to the kin of photojournalist Arun Kumar who passed away recently due to ill-health.
I&PR Commissioner T. Vijay Kumar Reddy handed over the donation to Ms. Varalakshmi, wife of Arun Kumar, at his office on Tuesday. The donation was made in the form of a deposit towards a scheme by the Postal Department in the name of Arun's daughter.
Mr. Reddy said that efforts would be made to provide a pension to the family through the Journalists Welfare Scheme.
