Why could not the loss of life in Kumbakonam fire be
reduced ? State the five factors responsible for this.
Answers
Explanation:
The 2004 Kumbakonam school fire incident happened in a school in Kumbakonam in the Thanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On 16 July 2004, the day of the accident, a total of 94 students of the Krishna English Medium School's primary section were burnt to death in their classroom as the thatched roof caught fire.[2][3] The accident was one of the four most significant fire accidents and the most significant school accident in the history of Tamil Nadu, and the second-largest school fire in India in terms of casualties, the first being the Dabwali fire accident.
Kumbakonam School fireDate16 July 2004[1]LocationKumbakonamCoordinates10°58′12″N 79°25′12″ECauseFireDeaths94Charges21Verdict1 (life term), 8 (five years jail), 1 (two years jail)Convictions10
A committee set up under the retired Judge Sampath found out that the heavy casualties were due to the management's wrong tactics to admit extra students to a primary school and mislead the authorities about the student-teacher ratio. The Chief Minister who visited the site ordered the withdrawal of the recognition of the three schools, prosecution of the school authorities, the correspondent, and the suspension of the Chief Educational Officer, the District Elementary Educational Officer, and the Assistant Elementary Educational Officer of the Thanjavur school district. A compensation of ₹ 1,000,000 was provided to the next of the kin of the deceased, ₹ 25,000 to the severely injured, and ₹ 10,000 to other injured victims from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund. The district administration arranged another primary school in Natham village and accommodated 46 students under the government's Educational Guarantee Scheme.