A pall of gloom descended on the Ripon Building, the headquarters of the Greater Chennai Corporation, on Tuesday, after a senior official fell sufferer to COVID-19.
S. Shankar, a Superintendent Engineer who was working within the Storm Water Drain Department, succumbed to the an infection.
A senior official of the civic physique stated the 57-year-old Superintendent Engineer was an environment friendly officer, and was admitted to a non-public hospital greater than 10 days in the past. But he died on Tuesday.
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