The nine workers who died in an accident at a construction site in north Chennai on Tuesday night were all young men from the Dimasa tribe, hailing from a cluster of villages in Assam and living and working together in Tamil Nadu.

The nine were working at the site of a 1,320-megawatt Ennore Special Economic Zone thermal power project near Ponneri. They had been building a concrete arch over 20 feet above the ground when the metal scaffolding gave way, sending them crashing down nearly 30 feet.

Twenty-year-old Provit Thaosen had wound up his shift at work at the site, and was waiting for his brother Sorbojit Thaosen (27) to be brought down from the arch when it came crashing down.

“Four teams were there, and two teams were still working. I finished my work, came down from the arch and wa

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