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The impact of the low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has turned deadly in South Bengal. Continuous rainfall has weakened mud houses and embankments across low-lying areas, creating unsafe conditions for many families.
In the early hours of Friday, a mud house collapsed in Kumarpada village under Mandirbazar police station in South 24 Parganas district. The victims — Brihaspati Karmakar and his two young daughters, Sheela and Priyanka — were asleep after dinner when the mud wall of their house gave way with a loud crash, trapping them beneath the debris.
Villagers rushed to rescue the family and pulled them out after much effort. They were immediately taken to Nayarhat Hospital, but doctors declared all three dead on arrival. The incident has cast a shadow of grief across the entire village.
Police from Mandirbazar station later reached the spot and sent the bodies to Diamond Harbor Police Morgue for post-mortem. The tragedy has highlighted once again how fragile mud houses become during continuous monsoon rains in Bengal’s rural belts.
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