Sivakasi fire: PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 05, 2012, 20:50

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday expressed deep shock over the Sivakasi firecracker tragedy in Tamil Nadu and condoled the deaths in the accident.

"The Prime Minister has expressed deep shock over the Sivakasi fireworks tragedy in which many lives were lost in Tamil Nadu this (Wednesday) morning," said a release from Prime Minister's Office.

Manmohan Singh said he stood with the people of Tamil Nadu in the hour of grief and conveyed his "heartfelt condolences" to the members of the bereaved families.

The Prime Minister also announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured in the fire.

At least 50 people were killed and more than 50 injured on Wednesday when an explosion tore through a fireworks factory in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, triggering a major fire.

IANS

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First Published: Wednesday, September 05, 2012, 20:50

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Amit - Noida
First and foremost the responsibility of such big incidents on the politicians and police under whom such illegal factory not only established and but working also.