C'garh: Heavy rains in Jagdalpur, 4 killed in wall collapses

Four people were killed in three incidents of wall collapse following heavy overnight rains in Jagdalpur, the headquarter of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, officials said on Friday.

Jagdalpur received extremely heavy rainfall of 288.5 millimetres from 8 pm on Thursday till 8 am Friday, officials at the Meteorological Centre, Raipur said.

"Four persons, including two women, were killed in three incidents of wall collapse late Thursday night. Their kin have been given Rs 4 lakh each as compensation," an official said.

Chandrika Baghel (45) and her son Vishnu Baghel (15) were killed when a portion of a boundary wall of the official residence of Bastar collector in Bhairamdev area collapsed due to rainfall and fell on their house, a police official said.

"The victims' house was built adjacent to the boundary wall. The duo were sleeping and got trapped under the debris," he added.

In another incident, Kedar Thakur (30) was killed after a wall of his house collapsed in Nayapara area.

In the third incident, a woman identified as Sonmati (60) died in Anukuldev area, he said.

Meanwhile, the IMD has issued an alert for heavy rainfall in isolated places in Bastar, Raipur and Durg divisions over the next 24 hours.