24 Peoples have been rescued from the Chennai Collapsed Buildings
Posted on: 30/Jun/2014 10:34:01 AM
The building collapsed at Moulivakkam in the western suburb, about 20 km from here, as rains lashed the area and several other parts of the city on Saturday evening.
Building firm Prime Sristi, which took up the residential project, claimed the mishap occurred due to impact of thunder.
The death toll in the multi-storey building collapse here in Tamil Nadu on Sunday rose to ten as four more bodies were recovered from the rubble.While the five bodies kept in a private hospital in Porur were identified this morning, another four bodies kept in Royapettah Government Hospital were yet to be identified, police said.
Of the ten killed, three are women, they said, adding, a total of 18 persons have been rescued and are being treated in two government hospitals, 17 in a private hospital in Porur and one in Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital.
Of the five bodies identified, four of them are from Andhra Pradesh, they said.
However, there is no clarity on the number of people trapped inside the debris.
At least 24 persons have been rescued. The licence given to the owners of the building is to be cancelled.
