Jaipur, Sept. 6 -- Two people died in Jaipur's Subhash Chowk area after a portion of a dilapidated building collapsed following incessant rain in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

According to ADCP North, Durg Singh Rajpurohit, 19 people were residing in the collapsed building, out of which seven were injured and two died.

The official stated that the police received the information regarding the incident at 01:30 am, following which the Civil Defence team reached the spot immediately.

"It was raining heavily for the past 2-3 days. This is an old building. Police received information at 1.15-1.30 am last night and the Police personnel reached the spot immediately. Civil Defence was also called...Approximately 19 people were res...