Tragic School Roof Collapse in Punjab | Science-Environment
Preliminary findings say sand and bricks placed on the roof during school extension work caused the collapse, prompting a rescue operation.
- On Thursday, a classroom roof at The Little Scholars School in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, collapsed, killing four children; emergency responders reached the site in four minutes.
- The roof collapsed because it was overloaded with construction materials, and District Education Authority Chief Executive Officer Waqas Gill said the administration was allegedly compromising students' safety by carrying out construction work during school hours.
- Twenty people, including 16 students, two teachers, and two labourers, were injured and transported to Allama Iqbal Teaching Hospital; the institute enrolled 780 students in a five-to-six-marla building.
- Dera Ghazi Khan Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Usman Khalid announced the school owner's arrest following the collapse; authorities are investigating officials who issued the building's fitness certificate.
- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz sought a detailed report on the tragedy, while authorities declared an emergency at all government hospitals in the city to ensure immediate medical treatment for injured children.
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Tragic School Roof Collapse in Punjab | Science-Environment
At least four children died and several were injured when the roof of their classroom collapsed in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. Rescue teams recovered the bodies and 14 injured students were hospitalized. Authorities continue relief operations as the death toll might increase.
4 children killed, 20 people injured as roof of classroom collapses in Dera Ghazi Khan school
LAHORE: At least four children were killed and 20 people were injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Punjab’s Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed on Thursday. The preliminary report of the incident released by the district administration confirmed the number of casualties. The injured include 16 students, two teachers and as many labourers, according to the report, which is available with Dawn. It said the incident was reported aroun…
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awazthevoice.inFour children buried alive as school roof collapses in Pak's Punjab province
Lahore, May 7 (PTI) At least four schoolchildren were buried alive and several injured when their classroom’s roof collapsed in a village in Punjab province of Pakistan on Thursday, an official said here. The incident took place in Dera Ghazi Khan, some 400 kms from Lahore. According to the Punjab Emergency Services Rescue 1122, there […]
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