Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami announces compensation of 7.5 lakh for next of kin of 8 transport workers

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami on Friday announced a compensation of Rs. 7.5 lakh for next of kin of the eight transport workers, who lost their lives in Nagapattinam building collapse.

Palaniswami also announced a compensation of Rs. 1.5 lakh for those with severe injuries, and Rs. 50,000 for those with mild injuries.Further, he assured government jobs for any one member of the families of the deceased.

Earlier in the day, A portion of an over six-



decade-old building of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation's Porayar branch in the district collapsed this morning killing eight crew members, police said.Three others sustained injuries, they added.

The crew members of the TNSTC were sleeping in the building, constructed in 1952, when the collpase happened around 3.30 am, killing them on the spot, they said.

The three others who sustained injuries were rushed to Karaikal General Hospital.