Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and BJP State president P.V.N. Madhav on the website of the explosion, at Vetlapalem in Kakinada district on Saturday.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday introduced ₹20 lakh as ex gratia to the households of the 20 employees who died in a blast at Sri Surya Firecrackers unit at Vetlapalem of Samarlakota Mandal in Kakinada district.
This was along with the ₹2 lakh ex gratia introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the PM Aid Fund.
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