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Contempt? Silicosis deaths: Gujarat govt 'not executing' SC order on compensation

In a strongly-worded  letter  to the State chief secretary, senior health rights activist Jagdish Patel of the Peoples Training And Research Centre (PTRC), Vadodara, has accused the Gujarat government of continuing to ignore the Supreme Court order dated April 11, 2017, which asked all State governments, including that of Gujarat, to compensate to tune of Rs 3 lakh to the next of kin (NoK) of those who have died of the deadly occupational health disease silicosis.