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India collapse toll revised to 14 Rescuers comb India collapse site
(about 7 hours later)
Rescue workers have found 14 bodies from the debris of a building which collapsed in the Indian state of Chattisgarh on Wednesday evening. Rescue workers are continuing to search for bodies in debris at the site of a building collapse in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Officials say a chimney caved in on workers during construction work at a thermal power plant in Korba district. At least 22 bodies have now been recovered from the ruins of part of a power plant which collapsed yesterday, but officials warn the toll could rise.
Korba district magistrate Ashok Agarwal told the BBC that there were more than 3000 workers at the plant when the accident happened. Officials say a chimney caved in on workers during construction at a thermal power plant in Korba district.
The plant is being built by Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (Balco). It is not yet clear what caused the accident.
Balco is a unit of London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Plc, whose business activities are mostly in India. Officials have provided varying death tolls since the accident happened.
Mr Agarwal revised the earlier death toll of 22 and said rescue workers had found 14 bodies from the debris till Thursday morning. The BBC's Chris Morris in Delhi says that the trouble is that no-one seems to know how many labourers were in the vicinity when the huge chimney being built at the power plant collapsed.
"There were close to 3000 people working at the power plant. No one, including the plant management, has any idea of how many workers were building the chimney," he told the BBC. There was heavy rain and lightning when the accident took place, and some eye-witnesses said labourers who were not working were sheltering close to the construction site, our correspondent says.
"That is why we have no idea how many more victims could be buried in the debris. But there will be definitely many more bodies which will come out." Cranes and heavy earth-moving equipment are being used to shift the remains of the collapsed chimney.
The families of many missing workers have gathered at the site waiting anxiously for word of their relatives. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said a judicial inquiry had been ordered into the accident.
It is still not clear what caused the accident. All the reports say the area has been experiencing heavy rain and storms.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said a judicial investigation had been ordered into the accident.
He also announced compensation for the victimsHe also announced compensation for the victims
State officials said the management of the company building the plant are likely to face charges. State officials said the management of the company building the plant were likely to face charges.
A recent report by the UN's International Labour Organisation said that nearly 50,000 Indians die from work-related accidents or illness every year.A recent report by the UN's International Labour Organisation said that nearly 50,000 Indians die from work-related accidents or illness every year.