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2014 Chennai Building Collapse

On June 28, 2014, an eleven-story residential building under construction in Chennai, Tamil Nadu collapsed, killing 61 construction workers. After heavy rain, the Prime Trust Heights building developed by Prime Sristi Housing Pvt Ltd collapsed, trapping many workers in the debris. A rescue effort was launched involving the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue force and National Disaster Response Force to recover 120 people, with 61 deaths and 40 injuries reported. Investigations found the collapse was due to negligence on the part of the builders.

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2014 Chennai Building Collapse

On June 28, 2014, an eleven-story residential building under construction in Chennai, Tamil Nadu collapsed, killing 61 construction workers. After heavy rain, the Prime Trust Heights building developed by Prime Sristi Housing Pvt Ltd collapsed, trapping many workers in the debris. A rescue effort was launched involving the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue force and National Disaster Response Force to recover 120 people, with 61 deaths and 40 injuries reported. Investigations found the collapse was due to negligence on the part of the builders.

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2014 CHENNAI BUILDING COLLAPSE

DISCREPTION:
On June 28, 2014, an eleven-story under-construction
building at Moulivakkam in the suburb of Chennai, Tamil
Nadu collapsed, killing 61 people, mostly construction
workers.
After heavy rain on Saturday, June 28, an under-construction
building at Moulivakkam, a suburb of Chennai collapsed at
5.30pm trapping many constructions workers under the
debris.

EFFECTS:
Prime Trust Heights is a residential project developed by
Prime Sristi Housing Pvt Ltd. Trust height has two towers one
is THE FAITH and second tower is called as THE BELIEF.
It's a twin eleven storied apartment blocks situated on
Kundrathur road near Porur junction. Tower "The Faith" has
four apartments of 2 bhk and Tower the Belief" has 4 apts of
3bhk in each floor. Number of 2 bed room flats - 60 Number
of 3 bed room flats - 26
Units were priced at 5250 per sq. /ft.

Casualties:
People affected: 120
Death: 61
Injured: 40
Missing: N/A
Response Activities:
Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue force along with National
Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Arakkonam base
managed the rescue operations.
The final death toll was 61 people consisting constructions
workers from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Srikakulam district of
Andhra Pradesh and Gajapati district of Odisha.

Investigation
A single Judge Investigation committee and a Special
Investigation Team (SIT) were formed by Tamil Nadu
government to investigate the cause of the disaster. The major
reason for this disaster was due to the carelessness of the
builders in Chennai. The chief engineer handling the
construction accepted his mistake and was fined by the police.

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