A couple of old two-story residential buildings collapsed due to incessant rains due to cyclone Dana in Burdwan and Bankura towns this morning.
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A couple of old two-story residential buildings collapsed due to incessant rains due to cyclone Dana in Burdwan and Bankura towns this morning. At Shyambazar’s ward 20 of Burdwan town, a 140-year-old house collapsed. Burdwan Municipality, two months ago had issued a notice declaring the building unsafe for humans and had instructed the occupants to vacate. The residents had vacated the building.
At Hareswarmela locality within ward 6 of Bankura Municipality, another two-story residential structure also collapsed during heavy rains this morning. This house also was abandoned by the residents.
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Both the civic bodies have sealed the affected areas.
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