UP roof collapse: The roof of a house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district due to rainfall, claiming the lives of two teenagers and injuring three of their family members on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Uvais, 14, and Aslam, 13, after the roof of their home in Muzaffarnagar's New Mandi area collapsed in the wee hours of Sunday, Subdivional Magistrate Parmanand Jha told PTI.
The bodies of the deceased teenagers have been sent for post-mortem examination while the injured family members are currently undergoing treatment in a hospital, informed the police.
Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next five days over East Central and Northwest India.
"Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm and lightning very likely over the western Himalayan region during June 24-28, and over the plains of northwest India (except west Rajasthan) during June 25-28. Isolated Heavy to Very Heavy rainfall with Extremely Heavy Falls very likely over Uttarakhand on June 25. Isolated heavy/very heavy rainfall very likely over Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh during June 24-28. Isolated heavy rainfall over West Uttar Pradesh during June 24-26; over East Uttar Pradesh on June 25-26; over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on June 25 and 26 and East Rajasthan during June 25-28," the IMD said in a statement.
On Saturday, at least three people were reported injured when the roof of a restaurant collapsed in Thane city. As per the civic officials, heavy rains in the city caused the collapse. In the incident two women and a man received injuries. They were rushed to a nearby private hospital.
(with inputs from PTI)
