New Delhi: Amid heavy rainfall in Delhi, a boundary wall of a newly built government school in the Sriniwaspuri area collapsed, reported news agency PTI. The incident occurred at the Garhi Jharia Maria in the East of Kailash area on Saturday.
Notably, Shrinivaspuri is the Assembly constituency of Delhi's Education Minister Atishi.
Reacting to the incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the wall was built only four months ago at a cost of around Rs 16 crore.
Taking to Twitter, BJP said in Hindi, "The wall of the school built 4 months ago collapsed. The school wall collapsed in Srinivaspuri, the assembly constituency of Delhi Education Minister Atishi."
"According to the local people, the school and its wall were built 4 months ago at a cost of about 16 crores!" BJP tweeted.
Due to the rain, 15 buildings collapsed at various places in the national capital on Saturday.
Speaking on the building collapse incidents in the national capital, Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Service, told ANI, "We received a total of 15 calls, the highest in a day. It was raining heavily and therefore some old houses or under-construction buildings collapsed...It was unprecedented that we received 15 calls of house collapse...Since there was waterlogging we faced challenges of transportation...The building in Zakira collapsed no one stayed in those buildings, but children were playing. Two children have been shifted to the hospital and the search operation for the other child is underway."
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued a Yellow Alert for Sunday. According to the IMD, Delhi is likely to witness 7.5 mm to 15 mm rainfall which can cause more trouble.
For the past two days, the entire NCR (National Capital Region) has been witnessing heavy rain, which has led to severe waterlogging problems and affected traffic flow.