This story is from March 9, 2021

Six die as school wall collapses in Bihar's Khagaria

At least six workers died when a portion of the government high school wall collapsed during construction of a drain at Chandi Tola village in Khagaria district on Monday.
Six die as school wall collapses in Bihar's Khagaria
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PATNA: At least six workers died when a portion of the government high school wall collapsed during construction of a drain at Chandi Tola village in Khagaria district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Pramod Paswan (40), Lalit Kumar Sharma (25), Chhaila Tanti (30), Shivshankar Singh(25), Jhulan Manjhi (25) and Gyandev Paswan 26).
CM Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths and said in a statement that a cheque for Rs4 lakh each as ex gratia payment was handed over to the kin of the deceased.

The incident took place around 4pm when the workers were removing the soil of the drain and the school wall caved in under Gogri block in the district.
Authoritative sources said the drain was being constructed under the ‘Nal-Jal’ scheme of the state government. An FIR has been lodged with Maheshkhunt police station in connection with the incident. Police were searching the the contractor. The bodies were sent to the Sadar hospital for postmortem.
Khagaria SP Amitesh Kumar denied that anybody else was injured.
Khagaria DM (incharge) Shatrunjay Mishra said Gogri SDO Subhash Chandra Mandal has been asked to submit a detailed report on the incident.
The locals created a scene when the district police and administrative officials reached the spot. They demanded adequate compensation to the next of kin of the deceased.
The school wall was constructed about eight months ago. It was a coincidence that the school was closed when the wall collapsed.
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