A National Disaster Response Force team has been leading rescue work using gas cutters, iron rods and shovels after cranes lifted concrete blocks to get to the survivors.
The number of dead in the collapse of an under-construction building in Chennai has risen to 60 and 27 persons have so far been rescued alive.
Meanwhile, 14 bodies lying in the morgue are yet to be identified, said Dr Anand Pratap, Resident Medical Officer of the Government Royapettah Hospital.
So far, from GRH, 29 bodies have been handed over to the next of the kin of victims. Of these, five belonged to Odisha, 14 from Andhra Pradesh and 10 from Tamil Nadu.
A total of 76 persons have so far been pulled out of the debris since June 28 when the mishap occurred.
Most of those in the building when it collapsed were construction workers from Andhra Pradesh and the northern states. Many were in the building to collect their wages.
A National Disaster Response Force team has been leading rescue work using gas cutters, iron rods and shovels after cranes lifted concrete blocks to get to the survivors. Rescue work is continuing in full swing.