Their bodies were recovered on December 2 evening.
NDRF personnel conduct rescue work in a flood-hit area. Pic/PTI
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin expressed grief over the death of seven persons, including five children, killed in landslide caused by rain in Annamalaiyar Hill in Thiruvannamalai district and announced Rs 5 lakh solatium each to their kin on Tuesday.
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The seven persons, including a family of four in VOC Nagar on the foothills and three children from the neighbourhood were trapped in a house and got buried under mud and rocks, after a boulder rolled down from the hilltop following torrential rain on December 1, and hit the residential building.
Their bodies were recovered on December 2 evening. The boulder had rolled down due to a mud slip on the hilltop owing to the heavy rain triggered by Cyclone Fengal and fell down, crushing the house. As a result, the house was completely buried under mud, Tiruvannamalai district Collector D Bhaskar Pandian had said.
Additionally, the CM directed state officials to provide a relief sum of R2,000 those affected due to a very heavy rain in Villupuram, Cuddalore and Kallakurichi districts.
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