Highlights
- A man, his wife and his daughter were residing in the house at the time of the incident
- The three were earlier admitted to a hospital with injuries
- The incident was reported at nearly 3 am on Monday
UP: Three people died after the roof of a two-storey building collapsed in Uttar Pradesh. According to the details, the incident was reported from Deoria in the wee hours of Monday.
Commenting on the incident, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sankalp Sharma initially said the three members of the same family residing in the house were injured in the accident and were admitted to hospital.
"The roof of the two-storey building collapsed. Three members of a family residing in the house including a man, his wife and his daughter were rescued and rushed to the hospital," Sharma said.
"An update on their health is still awaited. Meanwhile, we are looking into how the roof fell," he said.
However, later, Saurabh Singh, SDM Sadar, Deoria confirmed the death of three people in the roof collapse incident.
UP CM expresses grief over Deoria roof collapse incident
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday expressed condolences to the families of the deceased in the accident.
The chief minister instructed the District Magistrate and senior police officers to reach the spot immediately and also announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 4 lakhs to the families of the deceased.
"Instructions were given to provide relief amounts to all the dead from the disaster relief fund. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed the proper treatment of all the injured. CM Yogi wished speedy recovery of all the injured," read a statement from the Chief Minister's office.
Heavy rains in parts of Uttar Pradesh
Heavy overnight rains in Uttar Pradesh Friday led to the deaths of at least 22 people in Lucknow, including nine labourers who were buried alive under the debris when an under-construction wall in the state capital collapsed on their huts.
The only survivor in the Lucknow incident, where a portion of the boundary wall of an Army enclave collapsed following rains, was a man, named Golu, who made the call to police from under the rubble.
Officials said the 13 other deaths were reported from Unnao (five), Fatehpur (three), Prayagraj (two), Sitapur, Raebareli and Jhansi (one each).
On the Lucknow wall collapse, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Piyush Mordia said, "Some labourers were living in huts outside the Army enclave in the Dilkusha area. Owing to heavy overnight rains, the boundary wall of the Army enclave collapsed."
"We reached the spot around 3 am. Nine bodies were pulled out from the debris. One person was rescued alive," he said.
All the nine deceased are from the Jhansi district.
(With inputs from agencies)
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