EDIS Number: AC-20140722-44629-IND
Date / time: 22/07/2014 12:02:19 [UTC]
Event: Technological Disaster
Area: Asia
Country: India
State/County: State of Maharashtra
Location: Bhiwandi [Bhiwandi-Nizampura Municipal Corporation-run school]
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: 25 person(s)
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: N/A
Description:
Around 25 students were injured after the slab of a Bhiwandi-Nizampura Municipal Corporation-run school in Bhiwandi collapsed on Tuesday morning. The incident took place at around 9.30am at Telugu medium school number 59/60 of the civic body situated at Padma Nagar area in Bhiwandi. The Bhiwandi police officials said that the slab of 9th and 10th standard classrooms collapsed while the students were attending a lecture. At the time of the incident, a total of 95 students were in the classrooms. The police said that after the incident, the teachers with the help of school staff and locals rushed all the students to Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital, where around 30 students were given first aid and 25 others were hospitalized. Out of the 25 admitted students, two are suspected to have some serious head injuries. Sources claimed that one day before the incident, students had reported about a crack in the ceiling but the authorities did not take the matter seriously. Immediately after the incident, fire and police personnel sprung into action and carried out the rescue operation.
