TNSTC Porayar Depot — Roof Collapse
Fatal Collapse — 8 dead

TNSTC Porayar Depot — Roof Collapse

Fatal incident — no rating on this entryTamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Porayar branch depot, MayiladuthuraiEntry #01 in Mayiladuthurai
TNSTC Porayar Depot — Roof Collapse — photo 1

A roof collapsed at the TNSTC Porayar branch depot, crushing at least 8 people to death and seriously injuring 3 others in morning hours. The incident, occurring at a state transport corporation facility, added to a string of bus-infrastructure roof failures in Tamil Nadu the same year, though detailed causes and follow-up structural findings were not widely publicized.

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Filed as "Collapsed" and dated to Collapsed October 2017, this entry sits under the "Not specified" line of the public accounts.

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This is not satire. TNSTC Porayar Depot — Roof Collapse is a matter of public record, and at least 8 people did not survive it. We publish it so it is not forgotten between news cycles.— Blunderlust Editorial Desk

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