Thiruvananthapuram: The Cabinet has decided to distribute grocery kits to the inmates of approved orphanages, welfare institutions, nun monasteries, ashrams and mental health centers in the state. It will be distributed through ration shops from September to December in the form of a kit for four people. The required amount will be allocated from the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund. It was also decided to sanction 3.2 crore from the interest on the Tsunami Rehabilitation Project to set up an accumulated fund for the maintenance of relief shelters to be constructed under the National Cyclone Prevention Plan.
