<p>Three people, including two women, were killed and six others rescued in a building collapse in the city due to heavy rains, police said on Monday. The single-storey building on Chetti Street suddenly came down at around 10.30 pm on Sunday, they said.</p>.<p>In the impact, an adjoining tiled-roof house also collapsed. The death toll rose to three this evening with the body of a woman being retrieved from the debris after search for nearly 20 hours, police said. Earlier, Chief Minister K Palaniswami condoled the deaths and announced a relief of Rs one lakh each to the kin of the deceased. He prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.</p>.<p>Police and Fire service personnel toiled hard to clear the debris and managed to rescue six people.</p>.<p>The rescued persons, with minor injuries, were admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, police said.</p>.<p>District Collector K Rajamani and police Commissioner Sumit Saran monitored the operations.</p>.<p>The city experienced heavy rains accompanied by strong winds on Sunday.</p>.<p>In Chennai, Palaniswami condoled the deaths and directed the district administration to ensure due medical care to the injured.</p>.<p>"I have directed providing Rs one lakh each to the family of the victims from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund," he said in a statement. Meanwhile, CPI-M MP, P R Natarajan, who visited the area, demanded that the state government make a detailed inquiry into the building collapse.</p>.<p>He attributed the reason to the extensive use of earthmovers as part of cleaning the nearby Selva Chintamani pond which is being beautified under the Smart City project.</p>.<p>Natarajan said only after confirming the strength of the embankment area, works for beautifying the pond should be undertaken.</p>.<p>DMK MLA, N Karthik, who also visited the spot, cited the Smart City project as the reason for the collapse, as the embankment was very weak.</p>
<p>Three people, including two women, were killed and six others rescued in a building collapse in the city due to heavy rains, police said on Monday. The single-storey building on Chetti Street suddenly came down at around 10.30 pm on Sunday, they said.</p>.<p>In the impact, an adjoining tiled-roof house also collapsed. The death toll rose to three this evening with the body of a woman being retrieved from the debris after search for nearly 20 hours, police said. Earlier, Chief Minister K Palaniswami condoled the deaths and announced a relief of Rs one lakh each to the kin of the deceased. He prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.</p>.<p>Police and Fire service personnel toiled hard to clear the debris and managed to rescue six people.</p>.<p>The rescued persons, with minor injuries, were admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, police said.</p>.<p>District Collector K Rajamani and police Commissioner Sumit Saran monitored the operations.</p>.<p>The city experienced heavy rains accompanied by strong winds on Sunday.</p>.<p>In Chennai, Palaniswami condoled the deaths and directed the district administration to ensure due medical care to the injured.</p>.<p>"I have directed providing Rs one lakh each to the family of the victims from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund," he said in a statement. Meanwhile, CPI-M MP, P R Natarajan, who visited the area, demanded that the state government make a detailed inquiry into the building collapse.</p>.<p>He attributed the reason to the extensive use of earthmovers as part of cleaning the nearby Selva Chintamani pond which is being beautified under the Smart City project.</p>.<p>Natarajan said only after confirming the strength of the embankment area, works for beautifying the pond should be undertaken.</p>.<p>DMK MLA, N Karthik, who also visited the spot, cited the Smart City project as the reason for the collapse, as the embankment was very weak.</p>