Nine dead, several people injured as arch collapses at thermal power station

CHENNAI: Nine workers were killed and more than ten people were injured after an arch being constructed collapsed at a thermal power plant construction site in Ennore. The arch reportedly fell from a height of 30 feet while construction work was underway. Many of the workers present at the site were from other states and were trapped under the debris. Some of the injured are in critical condition and have been admitted to Stanley Government Hospital in North Chennai.

J Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, visited the injured at the hospital. The exact cause of the accident is still unclear, the Avadi Police Commissioner’s office said. Rescue operations are ongoing, and an investigation into the cause of the collapse has been launched.