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A lawsuit has been registered nether applicable sections against the contractor aft an under-construction building astatine the Ennore Thermal Power Station collapsed, successful which 9 migrant workers died connected September 30, constabulary said connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin expressed grief implicit the incident. The 9 victims hail from Assam.
"Cases person been booked against the contractor. Investigations are going on," a elder constabulary serviceman of the Kattur Police Station told PTI.
Mr. Stalin had instructed Electricity Minister S.S. Sivasankar and TANGEDCO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan to instantly oversee the alleviation enactment astatine the mishap site.
Speaking to PTI, Mr. Radhakrishnan said the migrant workers were lasting nether the operation gathering erstwhile the incidental took place.
"Ten persons fell down from that tallness (45 mts) arsenic the basal connected which they were lasting collapsed. BHEL has taken up the enactment to design, physique and construction. While 9 radical were brought dormant to the infirmary (Government Royapettah Stanley Hospital) 1 idiosyncratic is nether treatment," helium said.
PM Modi has announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the adjacent of kin of each deceased, portion Mr. Stalin announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh to the bereaved household members.
AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai were among those who expressed grief implicit the incident.
