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Jaya enhances relief to victims from TN building collapse

A sum of Rs 5 lakh as relief to next of the kin of the victims has been announced

J Jayalalithaa

Press Trust of India Chennai
Tamil Nadu government today enhanced the relief announced to the victims belonging to the state killed in a building collapse near suburban Porur.

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.

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First Published: Jun 30 2014 | 12:18 PM IST

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