M'lore air crash: Kerala CM resents delay in solatium payment

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan on Tuesday urged the Centre to take urgent steps to provide compensation at the international standard to the families of those killed in air crash at Mangalore airport on May 22, which included 54 Keralaites. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
Achuthanandan said as per the Montreal Convention,the families of the victims were entitiled to Rs 70 lakh each.
Though the Centre had initially promised that the bereaved families would be adequately compensated, what could be learned later was that Air India was trying to go back on this and work out the solatium by factoring in the income profile of each of the victims.
21/09/10 Press Trust Of India/Hindustan Times

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