<p>The incident took place around 1100 hours at district headquarters of Ambikapur when the compound wall of Sarguja Superintendent of Police, O P Pal's house came down crashing following incessant rains in the region for over a week, Sarguja Collector J S Dhananjay told PTI.<br /><br />The mishap took place when a group of people had taken shelter from the rains in a waiting room outside the compound wall with some of them leaning against it, the officer said.<br />Due to the collapse, around 35 people were trapped under the rubble and chaos broke out in the area, police said.<br /><br />While a dozen people were killed on the spot, 20 others were injured of which 15 are said to be critical, Dhananjay said.<br /><br />All the bodies have been extricated from the debris and rescue operations are on. The injured have been admitted to district and private hospital, he said.<br /><br />The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh each to the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 25,000 for the injured, the Collector said, adding further investigations are on.</p>
<p>The incident took place around 1100 hours at district headquarters of Ambikapur when the compound wall of Sarguja Superintendent of Police, O P Pal's house came down crashing following incessant rains in the region for over a week, Sarguja Collector J S Dhananjay told PTI.<br /><br />The mishap took place when a group of people had taken shelter from the rains in a waiting room outside the compound wall with some of them leaning against it, the officer said.<br />Due to the collapse, around 35 people were trapped under the rubble and chaos broke out in the area, police said.<br /><br />While a dozen people were killed on the spot, 20 others were injured of which 15 are said to be critical, Dhananjay said.<br /><br />All the bodies have been extricated from the debris and rescue operations are on. The injured have been admitted to district and private hospital, he said.<br /><br />The state government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh each to the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 25,000 for the injured, the Collector said, adding further investigations are on.</p>