Kerala CM announces three-tier probe in Brahmapuram fire in Assembly
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday announced a three-tier probe by different agencies into the fire that broke out in a waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram in Kochi.
The special investigation team (SIT) of the state police would investigate the criminal case registered in connection with the fire that broke out on March 2, he told the state Assembly.
The fire at the waste dumpyard was doused completely on March 13, the Chief Minister said while making a special statement on the issue in the House.
Vijayan, who had been facing intense criticism by the opposition parties for not breaking his silence on the fire incident, made the statement in the House under the Rule 300 of the Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business of the Assembly.
"The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau will probe all the procedures at the waste treatment plant so far right from its inception, he said.
At the same time, an expert team would be deployed to make recommendations on how to avo