A decade since the Fort Kochi boat tragedy, which claimed 11 lives and cast a pall of gloom over Onam days in Kochi in 2015, the victims’ kin are still waiting for a promise from the government. While the government promptly paid the monetary compensation committed to the victims, there is still no clarity regarding jobs promised to dependents of the deceased.
The dependents of the victims were paid ₹5 lakh each by the State government and ₹2 lakh each by the Kochi Corporation. The medical expenses of the injured were met fully by the government. Besides, the Corporation paid ₹10,000 each to them. However, there has been no word from the State on the promise that the deserving dependents of the deceased would be given government jobs, according to activists who have been raising the demand for years.
