Pinarayi joins online cabinet meet from US

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the concerns of increasing number of Covid-19 cases, the state cabinet met here on Wednesday in online mode, with chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan joining the meeting from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in the US, where he is currently undergoing treatment.In the meeting, the chief minister is learnt to have explained about his treatment and present health conditions to his cabinet colleagues. He is learnt to have said that the treatment is going on well, and his health condition is satisfactory. The chief minister will be in the US till January 29, and is accompanied by his wife Kamala and officer on special duty

Mir Muhammed Ali

.The cabinet analyzed that the Covid-19 situation in the state is intense compared to the previous spreads, but the hospitalization rate is comparatively much lesser.Treatment for endosulfan: Considering the plight of the Endosulfan victims of Kasargod, the cabinet decided to set up one post each of consultant in Kasaragod general hospital and Kanhangad district hospital.Industrial park: The cabinet decided to sanction Rs 222.83 crore to the industries department to establish an 80-acre industrial park at Ramanattukara in Kozhikode.Financial assistance: The cabinet decided to sanction Rs 5 lakh from the chief minister’

s distress

relief fund to the family of

Muhammed Hashim

, who died of

Nipah

. The amount will be provided after deducting Rs 2,42,603 that was spent on treatment. The cabinet also decided to provide Rs 5 lakh as relief from the CMDRF to the family of Bhuvanachandran, a native of Malayinkeezhu in the capital, who died of attack by stray dogs. tnn