Five of family die in wall collapse

By Our Staff Correspondent

DAVANGERE, AUG. 21. Five members of a family died in a wall collapse owing to incessant rainfall at Kanive Bilachi village in Basavapatna Hobli in Chennagiri taluk in the early hours of Tuesday. Two women and two children were among the dead.

The names of the dead were given as Hanumanthappa, a labourer, his wife, Sakamma, his mother-in-law, Yellamma, his son, Haleshi (4), and daughter, Shruthi (8).

The Janata house in which Hanumanthappa and his family were residing collapsed at about 4.30 a.m. and the five died instantaneously. Neighbours, who came to rescue the family, removed the debris but their efforts came to naught when they found that the family members had breathed their last.

Shruthi was studying in fourth standard while Haleshi had joined school this year.

The villagers were being shifted as there was seepage in the canal passing through it. Many people shifted sometime ago and another 250 people had to shift. Owing to financial constraints, some people remained in the village despite the danger. It turned out to be fatal in the case of Hanumanthappa.

On receipt of information, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. K. Shivaram, the Chief Executive Officer of the Davangere Zilla Panchayat, Mr. Prabhakarappa, and the Superintendent of Police, Mr. Narayan Nadumani, rushed to the village to pay compensation to the bereaved family.

The Deputy Commissioner, however, found himself in a fix on whom to hand over the cheque as the entire family had perished. Mr. Shivaram and the officers returned to the headquarters without issuing the cheque.

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