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Six, including 2 children, die after wall collapse in Uttar Pradesh's Mau
Police said the 10-foot high and 15-foot long wall was built on a vacant plot at the eastern end of the narrow road in Ghosi town
Six persons, including two children and four women, were killed and at least 15 others were injured after a wall collapsed on them near Sakere Road in Madapur Samaspur of Ghosi Kotwali area in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district on Friday, police said.
According to police, the 10-foot high and 15-foot long wall was built on a vacant plot at the eastern end of the narrow road behind Askari Memorial School located at Madapur Samaspur in Ghosi town. Adjacent to the wall, there is a pond where some rituals related to marriage are performed.
Police said that on Friday, many women and relatives were going to perform the Haldi ceremony for one Balendu, a resident of station road when all of a sudden, a wall collapsed on them, and several women got crushed under it. The locals ran to the spot and started efforts to rescue the women and children trapped under the debris.
Ghosi subdivisional magistrate Sumit Kumar Singh, and circle officer Dinesh Dutt Mishra reached the spot and two JCBs were engaged in removing the debris. Thirty people were taken out of the debris and rushed to the hospital.
Police said that three women and a child were declared brought dead by the doctors. The deceased have been identified as Meera Devi (36), Chandra (30), Sushila (52), Anviya (4), and Madhav (4), all residents of Ghosi and Pooja (35) of Azamgarah
15 others are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Meanehile, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has announced Rs.2 lakh in compensation to the families of the deceased and ₹50,000 each to those injured.
Further, he also instructed the district administration to ensure free of cost treatment of the injured. The chief minister also instructed the administration to take strict action against those responsible for the accident.
