Two students injured as classroom roof collapses in Khammam residential school
Two Class IX students sustained head injuries when a roof slab fell on them at a girls' residential school in Bonakal mandal.
Two students were seriously injured on Saturday when chunks of a classroom roof fell on them at the SC Girls' Residential School in Bonakal mandal headquarters, according to Telangana Today.
The victims, identified as Class IX students Ch. Pujitha of Chirunomula village and Addanki Keerthana of Nagilgonda, sustained head injuries while attending classes.
School staff moved the students to a local PHC before they were shifted to the Government General Hospital in Khammam for further treatment.
The students stated that the roof slab in six rooms of the school had been deteriorating for the last few years. There are approximately 579 students studying at the school.
Local sarpanch Banothu Jyothi visited the school to meet the injured students and inquire about their health. She urged authorities to prioritise student safety and called for immediate repairs to the dilapidated building.
The parents of the injured students have also demanded that the school building undergo immediate repairs.