Financial aid of Rs 4 lakh to families of fireworks victims, extends tenure of Justice V K Mohanan Commission

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The cabinet that convened here Wednesday decided to extend the tenure of Justice V K Mohanan Commission entrusted to look into matters related to diversion of investigations by central agencies, by another six months. Along with this, the tenure of Justice V K Mohanan Commission investigating the boat accident at Thooval Theeram beach in Tanur, has also been extended by six months.

Financial aid

An amount of Rs 4 lakh each will be given from the chief minister’s relief fund to the families of the four dead in the fireworks accident at the Neeleswaram Anjuttambalam Veerarkavu temple in Kasaragod. Rs 3 lakh each will be given to the dependents of the Tamil Nadu Salem natives who died after being hit by a train during cleaning work at Shornur Railway Bridge.

Govt guarantee
Kerala Paper Products Ltd to get Rs 30 crore government guarantee to raise working capital from banks.

Stamp duty waived
9,67,61,000 will be waived as stamp duty and registration fee required for registering the agreement to take over 138.23 crores of KDTFC's loan portion from Kerala Bank by pledging properties owned by KSRTC.

Tender approved
YMCA of Eravipuram Constituency accepted tender related to road works.

Post
An associate professor post will be created in the Department of Nephrology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.

Validated
In Kottayam Kanjirapally taluk, the special office validated the action of creating 17 posts temporarily for one year to examine the title deed applications in Erumeli North, Erumeli South and Korithod villages.

Permission granted
KMML director allowed to enter into agreement for establishment of Iron Oxide Residue Processing Plant and ETP Sludge Processing Plant on lease of five acres of land of Kollam KMML for 10 years.