According to the Gujarat government, the district accounts for nearly 90 per cent of the country’s ceramic production and also produces 75 per cent of the country’s wall-clocks. It exports ceramics to 180 countries.
Entitled to Rs 10 lakh ex gratia from the state and Central governments, the families emphasise that they have little use of the money now that their lives have been upended
The compensation given to families from the Gujarat government and the Centre combined amounted to Rs 10 lakh for every family member who died in the incident.