TN CM announces solatium to kin of four asphyxiation victims

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday announced a solatium of Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of four people who died of asphyxiation while cleaning a septic tank at a house in Tuticorin district.

He condoled the deaths and directed the Tuticorin district administration to provide the solatium to the families of the deceased persons.

"I have ordered the Tuticorin district administration to provide a solatium of Rs 10 lakh each to the four families," he said in an official release here.

The four died due to asphyxiation when they were cleaning a septic tank at a house in Keela Chekkarakudi in Tuticorin district.

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