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According to a report from the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), there were more than two dozens who were recovered from under the debris of the fallen building.
S.P. Selvan, the Deputy Inspector General of NDRF said that itwould take a couple of days to clear away all the wreckage .
Chennai Police Commissioner Sebastian George said that "fifty workers were believed to be present at the construction site at the time of collapse."
During the same weekend, a four-story, run-down building in New Delhi collapsed, killing ten people, including five children and three women. In January, at least 14 people died in the western state of Goa when a building under construction came crashing down. There were 42 people who died when a building in Mumbai collapsed last September.
The incidents of toppling buildings in India have been linked to unauthorized construction where people build additional floors in structures without permit, sub-standard construction materials, and corruption, which leads to the authorization of risky building permits.
Six people, including construction comapany officials, have been arrested in connection with the collapse in Chennai.
Just like the collapsed of the newly-constructed building at the Lotus Riverside complex in Shanghai, China back in 2009, the disaster revealed shocking facts about lax construction practices and safety that could have easily been avoided if necessary precautions were given consideration.
