<span style="color: #222222;">Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy has announced an additional relief of six lakh rupees per family of the 17 people who died in Mettupalayam when a wall collapsed and destroyed their homes. The relief will be from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.<br />'' Speaking to media after visiting the accident spot and conveying his grief to family members, the CM clarified that this will be in addition to the compensation of four lakh rupees per family announced earlier from the State Relief Fund.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Mr Palanisamy also announced that orders have been issued to provide employment opportunities, on par with educational qualifications, to family members of the deceased.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Chief Minister further announced that houses will be constructed for the families of the deceased. He said that orders have been issued to the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board to construct houses for those whose houses have been damaged in the area.<br />'' Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity S P Velumani and others accompanied the Chief Minister during the visit.<br />''<br />''A fifteen feet high wall, constructed by one of the house owners in Mettupalayam, collapsed following incessant rains and destroyed the homes of several families early Monday. The house owner has been taken into custody and is being questioned.</span><br />