Eight killed in rain-related incidents in Gujarat

DN Bureau

At least eight people have died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat in last 12 hours, including four of a family in Bopal area of Ahmedabad city.

Rains In Gujarat
Rains In Gujarat


Ahmedabad: At least eight people have died in rain-related incidents in Gujarat in last 12 hours, including four of a family in Bopal area of Ahmedabad city.

Police said that Dinesh (37), his wife Ramnaben (30) and three-year-old daughter and two-year-old son were crushed to death under the debris of a wall which fell during heavy rain in Nisarg Bungalow locality in Bopal area of the city in the wee hours today. 

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They were involved in construction work in plot number 10 and had made a makeshift residence along the wall that collapsed.

Earlier, four including two woman and a girl died in Nadiad town of Kheda district in Central Gujarat when a three-storied old building in Pragatinagar area of the town suddenly collapsed amid heavy rain late night. Five injured have been admitted to hospital, PSI of Nadiad town police station B G Parmar said on Saturday. (UNI)










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