Ensure relief to firecracker blast victims: O Panneerselvam

AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam on Monday called upon the state government to ensure that relief is paid by the management to the families of four people killed and others injured in a blast at a fireworks unit at Kalathur in Virudhunagar on Saturday.

Calling for action against those responsible for the incident, Mr. Panneerselvam wanted the authorities to see that no such incident is repeated.

In a series of tweets, AMMK general secretary, TTV Dinakaran asked whether the government would take any measures to support the farmers of the Cauvery delta, whose standing crop was damaged during the recent heavy rains and ministers and officials are yet to Why weren’t there to visit Delta.

Seeking information on the status of work done by a group of ministers to study crop damage in November, he asked the government whether enough pressure would be put on the Center to get compensation.

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