Overview

• In West Bengal’s Mandir Bazar, a mud-wall collapse late Thursday killed Brihaspati Karmakar and her daughters Sheela, 15, and Priya, 10, with police recovering the bodies Friday morning and sending them for post-mortems at Diamond Harbour Hospital.
• Locals in Mandir Bazar cited continuous rain as the likely trigger and said the family was awaiting a concrete house under the state’s Banglar Bari scheme after central PMAY funds to West Bengal were suspended.
• In Jaipur’s Subhash Chowk, a portion of a dilapidated house gave way due to rain, killing Prabhat, 35, a worker from West Bengal, and his five-year-old daughter Pihu, while five others were rescued and treated at SMS Hospital.
• Jaipur’s Civil Defence said 18–19 people lived in the old structure and the rescue lasted about six hours, with hospital officials stating the injured are out of danger.
• After the Jaipur collapse, local MLA Amin Kagzi renewed calls for pre-monsoon surveys and removal of unsafe buildings, highlighting recurring risks in densely populated old-city housing.