A senior embassy official said on Sunday that in the last three-four months, the embassy had received papers and cheques of at least 20 compensation awards. The compensation sums ranged between QR150,000 and QR185,000, according to Ramesh Mathew of Gulf Times.
Most of the recipients are relatives of victims of road traffic accidents.
While complimenting the work being done by local insurance firms in securing adequate compensations for the victims’ families, the embassy official said even though the embassy had to take recourse to legal actions on select cases, in most cases the employers had come forward to ensure that compensations were awarded at the earliest.
The official said however there had also been cases of employers not insuring their workers.
He recalled an incident in which the victim fell off a vehicle of which there was no insurance. The vehicle owner sought the mission’s help to reduce the quantum of compensation through an out of the court settlement. “However, we advised him to speak directly to the victim’s family and now, an agreement has been reached among the parties,’ said the mission spokesman.
He said this was one of the very few cases involving a Nepali national where the death compensation could be reduced.
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