Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday said seven Tamils were among those killed in the fire incident in Kuwait and arrangements have been made to airlift their bodies to Chennai.
He said the bodies would be handed over to their relatives.
Expressing grief and sorrow over the death of seven people in a fire in a building in Kuwait City, the Chief Minister expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the deceased and ordered an assistance of Rs 5 lakh to each affected family.
The government will provide all necessary assistance to those undergoing treatment for burn injuries, Stalin said in a statement here.
"The state government is making arrangements to bring the bodies of the employees from Tamil Nadu in a separate flight and hand them over to their families at the earliest," he said.
The deceased have been identified as Veerasamy Mariyappan of Thoothukudi, E Raju of Tiruchirappalli, Krishnamurthy Chinnadurai of Cuddalore, Royapuram, Sivasankaran Govindan of Chennai, P Richard of Thanjavur, Karuppannan Ramu of Ramanathapuram and Mohammed Sharif of Villupuram.
Earlier, Minority Welfare and Non-Resident Tamil Welfare Minister Jingee KS Mastan told reporters here that as per the Chief Minister's instructions, all steps are being taken to bring the bodies home and ensure necessary medical care for the injured.
"The embassy (in Kuwait) has said that official information (on the victims) will be provided to the state government. We are continuously monitoring," he said.
49 foreign workers, including around 40 Indians, were killed and 50 others were injured in a tragic incident of fire in a building in Kuwait's Mangaf city in the early hours of Wednesday.
He said the bodies would be handed over to their relatives.
Expressing grief and sorrow over the death of seven people in a fire in a building in Kuwait City, the Chief Minister expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the deceased and ordered an assistance of Rs 5 lakh to each affected family.
The government will provide all necessary assistance to those undergoing treatment for burn injuries, Stalin said in a statement here.
"The state government is making arrangements to bring the bodies of the employees from Tamil Nadu in a separate flight and hand them over to their families at the earliest," he said.
The deceased have been identified as Veerasamy Mariyappan of Thoothukudi, E Raju of Tiruchirappalli, Krishnamurthy Chinnadurai of Cuddalore, Royapuram, Sivasankaran Govindan of Chennai, P Richard of Thanjavur, Karuppannan Ramu of Ramanathapuram and Mohammed Sharif of Villupuram.
Earlier, Minority Welfare and Non-Resident Tamil Welfare Minister Jingee KS Mastan told reporters here that as per the Chief Minister's instructions, all steps are being taken to bring the bodies home and ensure necessary medical care for the injured.
"The embassy (in Kuwait) has said that official information (on the victims) will be provided to the state government. We are continuously monitoring," he said.
49 foreign workers, including around 40 Indians, were killed and 50 others were injured in a tragic incident of fire in a building in Kuwait's Mangaf city in the early hours of Wednesday.
