Two killed after poultry farm’s wall collapses in Odisha, heavy rain alert issued for 16 districts

TWO women were killed and an eight-year-old girl was injured after a wall of an under-construction poultry farm collapsed due to heavy rain in Odisha's Nuapada district, police said on Monday.

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The incident occurred on Sunday in the Lakhana area after the wall collapsed, and the deceased were identified as Balmati Sabar (35) and Rupe Sabar (61), a senior officer said.

Injured minor Ridhi Sabar is undergoing treatment, he said.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rainfall warning for 16 of 30 districts of Odisha for Monday.

In a weather bulletin, IMD Bhubaneswar Centre said a low-pressure area had formed over the Gangetic West Bengal and neighbourhood on Sunday.

It is likely to move slowly west-northwest-wards across Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh during the next two days.

Under its impact, heavy rainfall started in several parts of Odisha, including the state's capital Bhubaneswar, since Sunday.