CM Stalin announces compensation of Rs 10 lakh to Kallakurichi hooch tragedy victims
One-member commission constituted to study and prevent prevent hooch tragedies in TN
With the death toll in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor case going up to 33 on Thursday morning, Chief Minister M.K.Stalin, who held an emergency meeting at the Chennai Chief Secretariat
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday announced Rs 10 lakh each as solatium to the families of the victims of Kallakurichi hooch tragedy and constituted a one-member commission headed by a retired high court judge to ascertain the cause and prevent hooch tragedies in the state in future.
A detailed press note issued by the state government shortly after the Chief Minister chaired a detailed review meeting of the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy with ministers and officials at the state secretariat said that the Chief Minister has issued orders to disburse Rs 10 lakh each as solatium to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to persons undergoing treatment from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund.
Informing that about four persons involved in illicit arrack sale in Kallakurichi have been arrested so far, Chief Minister Stalin advised the police to ascertain where the methanol used for the manufacture of illicit arrack in Kallakurichi hooch tragedy incident was sourced from.
Instructing the cops to immediately arrest all persons involved in production and sale of illicit arracks in the state, the CM advised the cops to seize and destroy the methanol used in the instant case.
The CM also exhorted the state health department to monitor the health condition of the affected persons undergoing treatment at the government hospitals in Kallakurichi, Villupuram, Salem in Tamil Nadu and JIPMER in Puducherry and ensure that they are provided special treatment there.
The Chief Minister also instructed the state home secretary and ADGP to immediately visit Kallakurichi and submit a report of the incident within two days.
The chief minister also issued orders to constitute a one-member commission headed by retired Madras High Court Judge P Gokuldoss to conduct a comprehensive probe into the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, ascertain the various reasons for the tragedy and recommend to the government the measures to be taken by the State to prevent such incidents in Tamil Nadu in future.
The commission would thoroughly probe the incident and submit its report to the state government within three months, the government release added.
