Chennai, Oct 2 : The bodies of nine migrant workers from Assam, who died in a tragic construction site accident at the Ennore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) thermal power station near Chennai, were flown to their native state early on Thursday morning on a special flight arranged by the Tamil Nadu government.

The remains were embalmed and placed in coffins following post-mortem examinations at Stanley Hospital.

Accompanied by family members and representatives of the construction firm, the bodies were shifted to the old Chennai airport’s cargo terminal around 2:30 am and later flown to Guwahati.

The fatal mishap occurred late Tuesday evening when a massive steel structure being erected for the coal handling unit of the 2x660 MW plant suddenly collapsed between 5 pm and 5:30 pm.

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