A 10-year-old girl was killed and six other school children were injured when the building of a private school collapsed during a hailstorm in Imphal East district of Manipur, official sources said today.
The school building collapsed during a heavy hailstorm at Arapti area in Imphal east district yesterday killing the girl identified as Konsam Roshni on the spot and injuring six other students, the sources said.
Vice principal of the school, GT Memorial, NG Kirankumar said the incident occurred while the class was going on at around 2.30pm. The school is located in an interior village Arapti area.
The injured have been admitted to hospital.
Many household have been destroyed in interior districts of Bishenpur, Thoubal and interior villages located in interior parts of Imphal East and Imphal West districts during heavy hailstorms in the past some days, the sources said.
Manipur education minister L Jayentakumar expressed unhappiness over yesterday's incident at Arapti and said the government would look into condition of buildings of private schools in the state.
