School roof collapse kills 7 students, injures 30

Seven students died while over 30 were injured in a devastating incident which was reported on Friday in Peeplodi Government School, located in Manoharthana block of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan, where a portion of the school building collapsed.

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The collapse occurred during the study hours when 35 students of Class 7 were seated in a classroom that suddenly caved in.

All the children were trapped under the debris. Local villagers and teachers rushed to the scene and pulled out the injured, who were immediately taken to Manoharthana Hospital.

Dr Kaushal Lodha of the hospital confirmed that 11 critically injured children have been referred to the district hospital in Jhalawar for advanced treatment.

Villagers reported that the school has seven classrooms, and at the time of the incident, 71 children were present in two of them.