Kochi: A judicial inquiry has been ordered by Kerala into the circumstances leading to the blast at a fireworks unit in Mundathikode, Thrissur claiming 14 lives on Tuesday.
The state Cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a committee headed by Justice C N Ramachandran Nair to probe the incident, On Manorama reported.
An emergency financial assistance of Rs 14 lakh will be provided to the families of the deceased.
An amount of Rs 4 lakh from the State Disaster Response Fund and Rs 10 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) will be given to the next of kin.
The cabinet meeting also decided to provide Rs 2 lakh each to the injured.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George confirmed that nine complete bodies and 26 body parts have been recovered from the site.
Meanwhile, in the wake of the Mundathikode disaster in Thrissur, the Palakkad District Collector has issued a stop memo to a firecracker manufacturing unit associated with the Paramekkavu Devaswom .The unit is located in Vellaramkadavu, Muthalamada, in Palakkad district.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that the government will take a decision on the conduct of the Thrissur Pooram on Thursday.
Fourteen people were killed and over 40 were injured in the mishap.
