BAREILLY: A six-year-old girl died after the roof of her thatched hut caved in due to heavy rainfall in Mitauli area of UP’ Kheri district on Tuesday evening while four persons were injured after their house collapsed in Eekri village under the jurisdiction of Alapur police station in UP’s Budaun district.
The girl’s family members were repairing the roof after rainwater started dripping into the hut when the roof collapsed, burying the girl who was left inside in Sadarpur village under the jurisdiction of Maigalganj police station. The injured girl was rushed to a community health centre, where she died during the treatment.
Sandeep Rathore, a labourer, used to live in a thatched hut with his wife and only daughter Divyanshi. Sandeep said that he had no money to get the hut repaired before the onset of monsoon as he was going through a rough phase due to lack of employment due to the Covid-19 outbreak. “Poverty claimed my daughter’s life,” said the grieving father.
Lekhpal Jeevanlal, meanwhile, completed the survey of the house and submitted a report to Mitauli sub-divisional magistrate Digvijay Singh. “The family is living below the poverty line. We will ensure compensation to the family and a house under a government scheme,” Singh told TOI.
Meanwhile, the injured in Budaun district were identified as Sompal, his wife Shakuntala, sister Vineeta and mother Suheela Devi. All of them were admitted to the district hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.
In a separate incident, a 27-year-old woman sustained critical injuries after she was buried under the debris of a wall of a house that collapsed due to incessant rains in Bareilly district on Wednesday morning. This incident was reported from Pandri village under the limits of Sheeshgarh police station.
The woman was admitted to the district hospital, where her condition was stated to be critical.
