Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other rescue team clear the debris and look for survivors at the site of under-construction building collapse in Chennai, India, on July 22, 2018. At least one person died and nearly 28 injured when the scaffolding of an under-construction building collapsed on the laborers working at the construction site in India's southern city of Chennai on Saturday night. (Xinhua/Stringer)
Members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) work at the site of under-construction building collapse in Chennai, India, on July 22, 2018. At least one person died and nearly 28 injured when the scaffolding of an under-construction building collapsed on the laborers working at the construction site in India's southern city of Chennai on Saturday night. (Xinhua/Stringer)
New Delhi, July 22 (Xinhua) -- At least one person died and nearly 28 injured when the scaffolding of an under-construction building collapsed on the laborers working at the construction site in India's southern city of Chennai on Saturday nig
ht.According to an English daily "The Hindu," all those trapped under the debris of the collapsed structure were rescued. Three of them received head injuries, one of whom died, while the rest had minor injuries.
Those who had simple injuries were admitted in nearby hospitals and discharged after medical aid.
There were around 50 laborers at the construction site when the incident occurred in the city's Taramani area, said the report.
