Guwahati, Oct 1 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the nine construction workers, who died in the building collapse at Ennore thermal power station in Chennai a day ago, were from the northeastern state, and condoled the death of the labourers.

Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi also expressed grief over the death of the workers from the state.

The family members of the workers demanded that the labourers' bodies, now kept in the morgue of George Stanley Hospital in Chennai, be brought to their native places at the earliest.

Sarma said his government was coordinating with authorities in Tamil Nadu to bring the mortal remains of the nine workers to Assam.

''Nine migrant workers from Assam have reportedly succumbed to death after falling down at a constru

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