Cabinet grants 10 lakh to Valparai victims without insurance coverage

Thiruvananthapuram: State cabinet meeting on Saturday decided to grant financial assistance to the families of Valparai accident victims. The cabinet decided to grant Rs 10 lakh each to the family of victims who had no insurance coverage.Nine persons had lost their lives when a vehicle carrying teachers and staff from Govt UP School at Pang in Malappuram, along with some of their family members, plunged off a ghat road."Ten lakh rupees each will be given to the families of five deceased individuals who were not covered by insurance. Other deceased teachers had insurance coverage," said a communication from chief minister's office.The Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund (CMDRF) will provide Rs 10 lakh to the families of the deceased school bus driver Naushad Ali, cook Sajid, Rukhiya, Shakeela and student Muhammad Hisham. Govt will cover the medical expenses of Muhammad Shahad, son of a deceased teacher, Masneen, daughter of another teacher, and the vehicle's driver Muhammad Fahis. For those with insurance coverage, if there are additional medical expenses beyond the insurance amount, those costs will be covered by CMDRF, as decided at the cabinet meeting.Pay Commission postsThe cabinet decided to approve the order issued to create 14 additional posts for the smooth functioning of 12th Pay Commission.