8-year-old boy dies, girl injured in house collapse in Udhampur

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Udhampur: An eight-year-old boy lost his life and a 13-year-old girl was sustained injuries in two house collapse incidents after heavy downpour in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials stated on Wednesday. The deceased identified as Pawan Kumar died while Sunita was sustained serious injuries in the incidents in Loundna and Udhampur areas late Tuesday night, they said. The girl has been hospitalised.

In another incident, fifteen people, including two women and four children were killed after a compound wall collapsed inside a labour camp in Kondhwa area, Pune. The incident occurred following heavy rainfall in the region. Eyewitness and resident of the labour camp, Chotelal Sahani, who lost his relatives in the incident, said, "There are around 34 shanties inside the camp. I lived with my relatives, Sunil [Singh], Advesh [Singh] and Laxmikant [Sahani] in one of the houses. Usually, we would only go to sleep after midnight, but as it was raining heavily that day, we turned in by 11 pm. While the others slept inside, I was sleeping closer to the door. Around 1.30 am, a wall suddenly fell into our home. I managed to escape because I was near the door."

With inputs from PTI

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