Jhalawar, July 25: A portion of a government school in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district collapsed on Friday just as the students were assembling for morning prayers, killing seven children and leaving 28 injured, some of them critically.
The part of the Piplodi Government School building housing Classes 6 and 7 gave way, burying about 35 children, police said.
Slabs of concrete, bricks and stones were piled up high and scores of people, including frantic parents and teachers, helped in the rescue effort, searching through the mounds of debris to pull out the children. (PTI)