Ex-gratia announced to Saidabad building collapse victims

Hyderabad Mayor Banda Karthika Reddy on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1.5 lakh each for the victims killed due to the collapse of a dilapidated building on Monday. The two-storied building at Poosala Basti in Saidabad had collapsed late on Monday, leaving a woman and her two children dead. According to police, the building was occupied by one Venkatesh and his family, consisting of wife Vijaya Lakshmi, daughter Rohita and son Rakshit. They were all crushed to death by the falling debris. Their bodies have been sent for postmortem.
Ms Karthika Reddy was speaking to media persons after she visited the site of the tragedy to review the rescue works going on, along with city Police Commissioner AK Khan. She said that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has a list of 800 such buildings which are in a dilapidated condition. The Mayor said that steps would be taken to vacate the occupants of these buildings so that the dilapidated structures could be pulled down.
Initial reports suggested that six people might have been trapped under the debris but rescuers finally managed to retrieve three bodies.
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