Following the downpour due to the impact of Tauktae cyclone, a house collapsed in Shamli district, claiming the lives of four members of a family — a woman and her three minor children. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the officials to immediately extend all possible help to those affected. The CM asked the officials concerned to review the losses due to incessant rains in the state during the last 24 hours.
The Shamli incident took place early Thursday morning when the family was asleep. Reports said that the roof of the house in Kalandar Shah locality under Sadar Kotwali area collapsed due to heavy rains. The survivors included the husband of the deceased woman and their son.
Locals informed police after which rescue operations were started. The deceased were pulled out from under the debris and rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead. Those who survived were not in the house when the mishap occurred.
The deceased were identified as Afsana (36) and her children Sania aka Chando (12), Eram (10) and Suhail (14).
In another incident in Chandauli, a youth was killed while his friend was injured when a tree fell over their motorcycle on Thursday morning. The incident took place in Sikenderpur locality of Chakiya. The injured person was shifted to district hospital.
Meanwhile, a blast in a firecracker manufacturing unit in Aligarh locality of Etah claimed one life while a person was critically injured. According to reports, the incident occurred in Mohalla Ram Prasad Gaur under Aliganj police station in Etah. The blast occurred in the house-cum-shop owned by Ram Bahadur (45). On Wednesday evening, he, along with Shafiq Ansari, was busy making crackers when the area was rocked by a blast. Locals found Ram Bahadur dead while Shafiq was grievously injured. It surfaced during a probe that the licence was issued in Shafiq’s name but the factory was being run from Ram Bahadur’s house where the blast took place.