Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the family members of the deceased Odia labourers in the stone quarry blast in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
Patnaik expressed sympathy with the bereaved families and released the financial assistance from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF). The Chief Minister also wished quick recovery of the Odia labourers injured in the blast and announced that the State Government will bear the treatment expenses of the victims.
Notably, Duryodhan Nahak and Manoranjan Nahak of Nuagaon under the Rambha police station and Bhima Nayak (56) of J Radhagovindpur in Ganjam district had died in the explosion on August 3.
The State Government had also sent a two-member fact-finding team from Ganjam labour Department to the blast site to ascertain the cause of the explosion
According to reports, as many as 15 labourers were killed including three from Ganjam district in the massive blast in the quarry site.