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Abohar, July 28

A woman was killed, while her husband and grandson were injured as the roof of their house collapsed after heavy rain at Sardarpura village, 16 km from Abohar, on Saturday night.

This was the second loss for the family in less than two weeks as another roof in their house had collapsed due to rain earlier.

Neighbours said as the roof collapsed around 8 pm, they rushed to the house owned by Darshan Ram (47) and started removing debris. Darshan, his wife Lila Devi (45) and grandchild Dharampreet (2) were shifted to the Civil Hospital at Abohar.

The staff on the emergency duty at the Civil Hospital declared Lila brought dead.

Sub Divisional Magistrate Poonam Singh, Tehsildar Jaspal Singh Brar and DSP Sandeep Singh reached the hospital.

Darshan and Dharampreet were referred to Bathinda. They were brought back to Abohar on Sunday after they started responding to treatment.

The SDM said today Rs 4 lakh had been approved as compensation to the affected family. The respective patwaris have been told to visit the rural and urban areas affected by rain this month to conduct survey so that a detailed report and recommending compensation could be submitted to the state government next week.

Roofs of two more houses, one owned by Manjoor Masih and other by Jagga Singh in Waryam Nagar near the state highway here, collapsed, but none was hurt as the families were sleeping outside the rooms.

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