Indore, Apr 22 (PTI) An NGO here today alleged that the Gujarat Government was shrinking from its responsibility of compensating the family members of as many as 238 labourers from Madhya Pradesh who died of silicosis while working in the quartz factories in Gujarat over last fifteen years. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in 2010 had recommended to provide the damages to the tune of Rs 3 lakh each to the kin of the 238 workers but not a single penny has been paid to them so far by the Gujarat government, Silicosis Peedit Sangh's key activist, Amulya Nidhi, told PTI. Though the Gujarat government makes tall claims about growth and development but it continues to harbour "inhuman attitude" towards the victims of silicosis and is overlooking NHRC's recommendations in this regard, he said.
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