A wall of a house in Maroda village collapsed, killing two children, according to an official statement on Sunday. According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), two children were buried when the wall behind the house in the village of Maroda, Tehsil Dhanaulti, collapsed due to nighttime rains.
The duo were declared brough dead at a nearby hospital.
“The wall behind the house of Praveen Das broke due to rain in the night in Maroda village of Tehsil Dhanaulti, in which his two children got buried. Revenue sub-inspector, police took the children out of the debris, and both the children were taken to Primary Healthcare and were declared brought dead by the doctor,” an official statement said.
SDRF rescue team said that it reached the spot with the necessary equipment and is on alert for any eventuality.
A State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team began a relief and rescue operation after waterlogging in Bhopalpani village in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun on Saturday night as a result of heavy rainfall. According to officials, the Disaster Control Room in Dehradun notified the SDRF team late at night that some homes in the Bhopalpani village between Thana and Soda-Sarauli had been flooded as a result of heavy rains.
