Govt. fixes ex gratia for pharma unit blast victims
The Hindu
The State government on Friday announced an ex gratia of ₹50 lakh each to the next of kin of the two supervisors who were killed after a 3,000-kg capacity reactor exploded at the pharma unit of Tyche Industries Limited on the outskirts of Kakinada on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Kakarla Subramanyam (31) of Tallarevu mandal and Thotakura Venkata Ramana (37).
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