TN CM grants Rs 5 lakh to 7-yr-old survivor of wall collapse

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Sep 08 2017 | 4:57 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today condoled the death of three persons killed in a wall collapse in Nagappatinam district and announced a sum of Rs five lakh to a seven year-old survivor.
Palaniswami said he had directed that a sum of Rs five lakh be deposited in the Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited as relief for the seven year-old daughter of the couple killed in the wall collapse.
Monthly interest from the sum would be used for the child's expenses, he said in a statement.
Three members of the family were killed when the wall of their house at Thiruvavaduthurai village collapsed due to heavy rains.
The victims were sleeping when the wall collapsed all of a sudden. The girl has suffered serious injuries.

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First Published: Sep 08 2017 | 4:57 PM IST

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