Equal treatment to all

 The devastating fire accident in Kuwait. I sincerely appreciate the steps taken by the state and central governments to console the bereaved family members in this hour of grief.  Any amount of monetary help to the family will not compensate the loss suffered by them, I feel. However, it is amusing to note that there have been demands to the central government to offer financial support of ₹50 lacs to each family, which I feel is an extreme request. While proper support to the family is the need of the hour, I wonder why the liability should fall on the exchequer. The company authorities have already confirmed that insurance cover is available to each employee/ worker. Offering any additional.amount over and above this will be seen as a misplaced sympathy to the 'pravasi'. Here I would also like to mention that such support is not offered for similar victims who have gone to other states of the country to eke out a living. Why such discrimination between people who have gone to other states and those who have gone to other countries, I wonder. I am writing this as a non resident keralite who had worked outside the state for about thirteen years, during which period we had not experienced any such care and support for such NRKs.

I would like to request the state government to treat such people.living in other states in the country also at par with those living in other countries