2 School girls dead, 5 hurt as wall collapses at Hyderabad School

Mangalore Today News Network

Hyderabad, Aug 03, 2018 : Two school girls have been confirmed dead and five others injured as a wall collapsed at the New Century School, Kukatpally in Hyderabad on Thursday, 2 August. Of the five injured, one is critical, the police said.

 

The two girls, Mahi Keerthana and Chandana, were both fourth-grade students. The incident happened at around 4 pm. Those who were near the vicinity helped rescue the five from under the rubble, after which an ambulance was called in.
"Both the children were killed immediately and the five who were rescued have been rushed to the hospital. The situation of one of the children is said to be critical. " - Bhujanga Rao, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kukatpally, Cyberabad Commissionerate

He added that no official complaint has been registered as of now as they are waiting for the parents to approach them formally.

Earlier, in April, one person was killed and another was injured after a portion of an old building located in Chandanagar Huda Colony collapsed while the structure was being demolished.

In January 2017, eleven people were killed after a seven-storey under construction building collapsed. All the victims of that tragedy were construction workers and their family members were sleeping in the cellar when the building came crashing down. The Telangana government had announced Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia each for the families of the dead after the incident.

Related to that case, the police had arrested builder Satyanarayana Singh in Kerala.

He was booked under a case of negligence and for culpable homicide not amounting to murder for constructing the building without permission and in violation of rules.

Overseeing the quality of construction work undertaken in the city rests with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The death of eleven people had led to the suspension of a deputy commissioner of GHMC and an assistant town planning officer.


courtesy:Yahoo