Fire Watcher Dies Fighting Forest Fire in India: Family Demands Compensation and Job

Photos: Trending Videos Former Cabinet Minister Rajendra Bhandari and People's Representative DFO, who were adamant on the demand of payment of wages and jobs, after receiving a written assurance, picked up the body, then the post-mortem took place News Agency Gopeshwar. The fire watcher who had gone to douse the fire in the forest had died. Locals and people's representatives refused to pick up the body demanding 50 lakh compensation to the affected family and a job to the wife of the deceased. They also gheraoed the DFO of Badrinath Forest Division who was present at the spot. The Forest Department gave a written assurance to give a job to the deceased's wife by outsourcing and Rs 30 lakh to the family through various means. After about seven hours, the family members calmed down and picked up the body. Fire watcher Rajendra Singh died while extinguishing the forest fire on Thursday. His charred body was found in a 70-meter deep ditch. The SDRF team reached Badrinath Highway with the body in the morning.