Overview

• In Jaipur’s Subhash Chowk, a portion of a dilapidated multi-storey house gave way during overnight rain, killing Prabhat and his daughter Pihu and injuring five others.
• Civil Defence, SDRF and police teams rescued seven people after a hours-long operation, and doctors said the injured are out of danger at SMS Hospital.
• Municipal officials said the owner had been told to vacate the property in notices issued on August 13 and September 4, identified 126 similarly risky buildings in the heritage zone, and noted that the owner has offered ₹6 lakh in compensation as police plan to question those responsible.
• In West Bengal’s Mandir Bazar, a mud-wall collapse late on September 4 killed Brihaspati Karmakar and her daughters Sheela and Priya, with police recovering the bodies and sending them for post-mortems.
• Locals said the Bengal family was shifting to a concrete house under the state’s Banglar Bari scheme after central PMAY funds were halted, as the IMD warns of heavy rainfall over parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat through September 7.