Tamil Nadu CM announces Rs 3 lakh solatium to 11 families

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami. Credit: PTI Photo

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday announced a solatium of Rs three lakh to each of the families of 10 people who died of electrocution in separate incidents across the state.

Also, the Chief Minister granted the relief of the same sum to the family of a girl in Thanjavur district, who died of snakebite.

In a statement here, he expressed grief over the deaths and announced the solatium.