Gujarat: Mother and Son Killed as Mud Wall of House Collapses

Himmatnagar: A 35-year-old woman and her minor son were killed on Thursday after a wall of their kutcha house collapsed in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district. The incident occurred at Rajpur village in Himmatnagar taluka in the early hours.

The deceased were identified as Shilpa Parmar (35) and her son Krish (9).

Wall of Mud House Collapses

An inside wall of mud collapsed as it had apparently become weak due to the rains, said Inspector V R Chauhan of Gambhoi police station. The deceased husband who was sleeping in the adjacent room was not injured. "We have registered a case of accidental death and started further investigation," the official said.

Heavy Rain Lashes In Gujarat's Himatnagar

As per the State Emergency Operations Centre, Himatnagar taluka received 99 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 6 am on Thursday while adjoining Talod taluka received 102 mm of rainfall.

Earlier, Three women of the same family died after a dilapidated three-story building collapsed in Jam Khambhalia town in Devbhumi Dwaraka district in Gujarat amid heavy rainfall in the state's Saurashtra region, police said on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

The National Disaster Response Force, teams present on the spot carried out the rescue operations on a war footing and recovered all three bodies of the deceased.

(With inputs from PTI)