7 buried alive as house collapses in India

Seven persons, including a woman and four minors, were killed and three others injured when a house collapsed today in India’s Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district following incessant rains, police said.

The incident occurred in the early hours when the house of one Mehtab Shilpkar, 59, at Ward No 7 of Rahatgarh area collapsed amid heavy rains, District Additional Superintendent of Police Vivek Agrawal said.

The victims were fast asleep when the house collapsed, reports The Hindustan Times.

The three injured, Mehtab, his son Lakhan, 26, and one Mahendra, 20, have been admitted to the district hospital, the ASP added.

The deceased have been identified as Manorani, 55, wife of Mehtab, their sons Vikas, 18, Nitin, 14, and daughter Sanjana, 11, besides one Kallu, 30, his wife Maya, 25, and their daughter Tamanna, 18 months.

Further investigations are underway, Agrawal said.

Several districts in Madhya Pradesh are reeling under flood as incessant rain has wreaked havoc, crippling normal life, and obstructing road transportation. In the past few weeks, heavy rains and the flood-like situation has gone up in Madhya Pradesh.

Over 80 villages have been submerged and around 25,000 persons affected in Rewa and Satna districts.

In Bhopal, the district administration had ordered the closure of schools while normal life in Rewa ceased due to incessant rains.