Overview

• A boulder dislodged by heavy rains crashed through a wall at Government Primary School Kalssa in Poonch, killing five-year-old Ehsan Ali and injuring four classmates.
• The injured students—Mohammad Safeer (7), Bilal Farooq (8), Aftab Ahmed (6) and Tabia Kouser (7)—are undergoing treatment at Maharaja Sukhdev Singh District Hospital.
• Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kundal invoked the Red Cross Fund to award ₹100,000 to the deceased child’s family and ₹50,000 to each injured child’s family.
• Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha offered condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured children.
• Persistent monsoon downpours have heightened landslide and rockfall threats in the region, leading the J&K Disaster Management Authority to caution residents against travel in vulnerable hilly areas.