Chennai building collapse: Jaya announces additional relief

Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on Monday enhanced the relief announced to the victims belonging to the state killed in a building collapse near suburban Porur. [caption id=“attachment_1595723” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jayalalithaa announced an additional Rs 2 lakh for the kin of deceased in the building collapse. PTI[/caption] Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said the Andhra Pradesh government had announced a sum of Rs five lakh as relief to next of the kin of the victims of that state killed in the mishap. “Four of the victims in this unfortunate incident belong to Tamil Nadu. Besides the Rs two lakh announced earlier to their families, another Rs five lakh will be given from the Chief Minister’s General Relief Fund” taking the total to Rs seven lakh, she said in a statement here. PTI