Kerala govt orders judicial probe in blast case, declares compensation
Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 -- The Kerala government on Wednesday ordered a judicial commission inquiry into the fire that claimed at least nine lives at the firecracker unit at Mundathicode in the Thrissur district and Rs.14 lakh compensation for the families of those killed.
Officials said the toll was feared to rise as several unidentified body parts had been found at the blaze scene. The blaze ripped through the unit while workers were preparing fireworks for the sample display on the Thrissur Pooram on behalf of the Thiruvambady temple administration on Tuesday afternoon.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan convened a special Cabinet meeting on Wednesday for decisions on compensation and the probe. A statement from the chief minister's office said retired high court judge CN Ramachandran Nair will investigate the reasons for the blast and submit a report.
The compensation for each family would include Rs.4 lakh from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and Rs.10 lakh from the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF). The injured would get compensation as per SDRF norms and Rs.2 lakh from the CMDRF.
The Kerala government, which has categorised the explosion as a "state-specific disaster", would bear the expenses of the medical treatment of those injured for six months....
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