Nine killed as house collapses in Tamil Nadu amid heavy rains

Nine people, including four children, were killed when a house in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district collapsed due to the heavy rains since Thursday, an official said on Friday

Published on: Nov 19, 2021, 16:19:08 IST

By Divya Chandrababu

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Nine people, including four children, were killed when a house in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district collapsed due to the heavy rains since Thursday, an official said on Friday.

District collector P Kumaravel Pandian, who visited the spot, said the house was very old and located along the banks of a river near Pernampet. “Four people resided in this house and as the rains got heavier, people from adjacent houses moved to the first floor of this house on Thursday night for shelter.” Pernampet was severely flooded, he added.

“The house was already in a dangerous condition because it was old and due to rains, it weakened further and around 7.15 this (Friday) morning, the house collapsed,” said Pandian.

Officials said the injured were receiving treatment at Gudiyatham Government Hospital and Government Vellore Medical College Hospital in Adukkamparai.

Chief Minister M K Stalin announced a financial assistance of ₹five lakh each for the families of those killed and ₹50,000 each for those undergoing treatment.

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Divya Chandrababu
Divya Chandrababu is an award-winning political and human rights journalist based in Chennai, India. Divya is presently Assistant Editor of the Hindustan Times where she covers Tamil Nadu & Puducherry. She started her career as a broadcast journalist at NDTV-Hindu where she anchored and wrote prime time news bulletins. Later, she covered politics, development, mental health, child and disability rights for The Times of India. Divya has been a journalism fellow for several programs including the Asia Journalism Fellowship at Singapore and the KAS Media Asia- The Caravan for narrative journalism. Divya has a master's in politics and international studies from the University of Warwick, UK. As an independent journalist Divya has written for Indian and foreign publications on domestic and international affairs.Read More

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