Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami Saturday announced a solatium of Rs 15 lakh to the families of each of the two workers of state-run power utility, TANGEDCO who were electrocuted while repairing electricity poles damaged due to cyclone Gaja.
Condoling the deaths of the two workers, he said one person from each of their families would also be provided employment in a government enterprise.
The two workers of the electricity monolith TANGEDCO -Shanmugam and Murgesan- were electrocuted days ago while they were restoring damaged power poles at Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts respectively.
"I have ordered the release of Rs 15 lakh -Rs 13 lakh from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund and Rs 2 lakh from the TANGEDCO funds- to their families," Palaniswami said in an official release.
As many as 1,13,566 electricity poles, 1,082 transformers and 194 substations were damaged due to the severe cyclonic storm 'Gaja.'