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Three members of family killed in Gujarat building collapse
Updated On: 24 July, 2024 11:37 AM IST | Ahmedabad | mid-day online correspondent
A 65-year-old woman and her two granddaughters were killed after a three-storey building collapsed at Gagwani Fali locality in Jam Khambhalia town in Gujarat`s Devbhumi Dwarka district on Tuesday evening amid heavy rainfall in the Saurashtra region
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Five people were also rescued from the collapse site by the locals. Pic/PTI
A 65-year-old woman and her two granddaughters died after a three-story building collapsed at Gagwani Fali locality in Jam Khambhalia town in Gujarat`s Devbhumi Dwarka district on Tuesday evening amid heavy rainfall in the Saurashtra region.
The bodies of the three victims – Kesharben Kanjaria, Pritiben Kanjaria (15), and Payalben Kanjaria (18) – were brought out of the debris by midnight after a six-hour-long rescue operation by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police and the fire department teams, PTI reported. The police on Wednesday said that the bodies have been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem. Five people were also rescued from the collapse site by the locals.
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