Kerala’s Minister for Welfare of SC, ST and Backward Classes, O R Kelu, on Monday directed a departmental inquiry into the deaths of two tribal children in Palakkad, who were killed when the sunshade of an under-construction house collapsed, reported PTI.

The victims, siblings Aadi (7) and Ajnesh (4) from Karuvara settlement, were playing near the house when the incident occurred. The children’s mother told PTI that at least one life could have been saved if a vehicle had been made available promptly to take them to hospital .

Speaking to the media, Minister Kelu said multiple accounts of the tragedy are emerging. “There is an allegation that the officials of the Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) in Attappadi had not paid much attention to the construction of the house,” h

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