The Cabinet today approved Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa’s proposal to grant the families who lost loved ones in the Katukurunda Boat tragedy Rs. 100, 000 each.

The Cabinet further approved a compensation of Rs. 20,000 to those were injured and admitted to hospital following the tragedy, in which the death toll is now 12

The boat was one many on its way to attend a Church feast in Kalutara. It had set of from Beruwala. The boat was carrying 40 people when it capsized.