The boundary wall of the Kendriya Vidyalaya in Sunil, Joshimath, collapsed following heavy rainfall with the debris burying parked vehicles. The collapse of the security wall has made the school building and the school’s playground vulnerable to threat.
Personnel of the State Disaster Response Force reached the site to extract vehicles from underneath the debris. The mishap did not result in any human fatality but has given cause for greater concern for the safety of locals, especially the school students.
The rainfall being experienced in the mountainous regions for some days now has disrupted routine life especially in areas affected by disaster scenarios.
The latest in series of damage experienced following heavy rain was reported from Chamoli district where the retaining wall of the Kendriya Vidyalaya building in Sunil gave way.
The collapse at the school site which is near the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) camp in Joshimath, resulted in debris burying two wheelers and four-wheelers parked in the ITBP parking here.
Responding to the incident report, the SDRF personnel reached the site and had started work on extricating vehicles buried in the debris. Till the time of this report being filed, the SDRF team had extracted two small vehicles and four motorbikes from the debris.