Kannur violence — Kerala announces relief

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JANUARY 5: The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sanction Rs 19.7 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to pay compensation to those whose properties were lost or damaged in the violence at Panoor, Kulavalloor and Kuthuparamba regions of Kannur district on December 1 and 12.

Briefing reporters after the weekly Cabinet meeting here, Chief Minister E K Nayanar said persons eligible for the compensation would be determined after studying the district collector’s report on the subject.

All political parties had demanded that the government pay compensation to those who had lost properties in the district during the recent political clashes, he added.