Mother, daughter among three killed in house collapses in Kaushambi dist
PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 4 -- Three people were killed after two mud houses collapsed following heavy rains in Kaushambi district on Sunday.
In Bahadurpur village of Manjhanpur tehsil, a kutcha house collapsed on Sunday, killing a woman and her daughter, while a second daughter remains in critical condition. In a separate incident in Mujahidpur, Chail tehsil, an elderly woman died after her kutcha house caved in.
According to reports, Maharajdin Raidas, a resident of Bahadurpur and a daily wage labourer, lived with his family in a kutcha house. On Sunday morning, while he was away for work, the house collapsed due to heavy rain. His wife, Prema Devi (55), and daughters, Sadhna (19) and Aradhana (17), were buried under the debris and sustained injuries.
Upon receiving information, tehsil officials arrived at the scene and cleared the debris using a JCB to rescue the trapped victims. All three were rushed to the district hospital, where Prema Devi and her daughter Sadhna succumbed to their injuries. Aradhana remains in critical condition.
In another incident, 60-year-old Lakshmi Devi, wife of Laxman Kumar from Mujahidpur village in Chail tehsil, was buried under debris when her house collapsed on Sunday morning....
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