Students at the Government Upper Primary School in the Piplod village in Jhalawar were assembling for morning prayers when the accident occurred.
Seven children were killed and 28 were injured in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Friday morning after a portion of the roof of their school building collapsed, The Times of India reported.
The collapse occurred around 7.45 am at the Government Upper Primary School in Piplod village when the students were assembling for morning prayers.
At least 17 students were in the building when a portion of the roof over the classrooms for Classes 6 and 7 collapsed, The Times of India quoted Dangipura Station House Officer Vijendra Singh as saying.
