Nagapattinam/Chennai: A portion of a 65- year-old building belonging to the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation collapsed in Nagapattinam district early Friday morning, killing eight transport department staffers, police said.
The TNSTC crew members were sleeping in the building, which was constructed in 1952, when it collapsed around 3.30 am, killing them on the spot. Three persons were injured and rushed to the Karaikal General Hospital, a police official said. Chief Minister K Palaniswami condoled the deaths and announced cash relief to their families, besides jobs for their kin.
"I have directed that a sum of Rs 7.5 lakh be given to each of the families of those killed in this unfortunate incident as a special gesture," he said.