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A cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, decided to provide Rs four lakh each to the families of four victims who had succumbed to the burns they sustained in the temple festival firecracker accident in Kasaragod district, a CMO statement said.
Four persons died and as many as 154 persons were injured when firecrackers stored in the vicinity exploded at Anjoottanbalam Veererkavu temple near Neeleswaram on October 28.
A solatium of Rs three lakh each would be given to the kin of four sanitary workers who died in a tragic train accident near Shoranur Railway Station on November 2, the statement said.
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Among other decisions, the cabinet has decided to extend the tenure of Justice V K Mohan Commission, which is probing the alleged diversion of investigations conducted by various central agencies in the state since July, 2020.
The Commission has also been investigating matters related to Tanur boat tragedy that happened in 2023, and its tenure would be extended for six months in both the cases, the CMO statement added.