Karauli (Rajasthan): Six people were killed, three others were injured, while several are feared trapped under rubble after a mound of earth collapsed on Monday in Mendpura village of Simar, Gram Panchayat of Sapotra subdivision of the district. District Collector Ankit Kumar Singh who rushed to the spot, said that the injured were taken to the hospital.
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The injured said that they were residents of Medpura village and they were heading to the field to work when an earthen mound collapsed while they were passing through the unpaved road. The deceased are identified as Keshawanti (45), Anita (23), Ramnari (32), and her three daughters, Manju (12), Khushboo (10), and Komal (8). At the same time, Ramgalla (35), Sapna (8), and Monika (4) were injured, and are undergoing treatment.
Ramgalla Saini, the woman injured woman told ETV Bharat that the women of the village had gone to get soil for the painting of the houses for Diwali and they were digging the soil when a mound of earth collapsed. Community Health Center Sapotra Medical In-charge Hansraj Meena said that three girls including three women died on the spot and one of the women was 8 months pregnant.
District Collector Ankit Kumar Singh said that the funeral procession of five dead has been done and the post-mortem of a woman who died during treatment has also been done. Three injured are undergoing treatment. Financial assistance will be provided to all the dead according to the government.
