A primary school roof was collapsed and 18 students were died according to sources. Saraswati Shishu Mandir is located in Sumgad village in the hilly Bageshwar district. Six students are now rescued from debris.
Six children are sill missing. There were total 30 students in the class. because of bad weather and poor road connectivity rescue has been hampered. D.S. Garbiyal, Bageshwar district magistrate said that tragedy occurred because of cloudburst-sparked landslides.
Anup Nautiyal, the CEO of Emergency Response Service, one of the agencies engaged in rescue, described the incident as a “grave” tragedy. He said the operations were continuing despite the bad weather and poor connectivity. “We have already deployed few ambulances on the spot and relief work continues as we speak now,” he said.
Chief minister Pokhariyal announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the families that have lost their children. Governor Margaret Alva expressed grief over the deaths. In her message, Alva said she was praying to God to give strength to the family members of the children to bear the loss, a Raj Bhavan release said.