<p>A toddler died and about 20 people were injured in wall collapse incidents during the thunderstorms that lashed the national capital on Sunday night.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Many trees were uprooted and hoardings were flung in the air by gusty winds. <br /><br />In Motia Khan’s Peepalwaali Gali, the outer wall of an adjoining four-storey building fell over a tin-roofed house in which a family of five was sleeping. Two-and-half-year-old Mantaza died and her four-year-old-sister Kahkashah’s leg was fractured. Four members of the family were injured.<br /><br />Doctors have advised amputation for the injured girl, said neighbours. The other injured were discharged from hospital after medical treatment. The dead child’s father works at a bag-making unit.<br /><br />Local residents alleged that the adjacent wall which fell on the family’s home was made of sub-standard material. “Usually the thickness of a wall here is 9 inches.<br /><br />This one was only 4-inch thick,” said Ajit Kumar, an elderly neighbour.<br /><br />The building, which came up in just four months, is owned by a building material trader Chhote Khan, residents said. They alleged that Khan ran a belt-making factory in the building.<br /><br />“The use of machines constantly vibrates the thin walls of the building and makes its foundations shaky,” said Arun, another neighbour. <br /><br />Wall collapse incidents left several people injured in Anand Parbat, Najafgarh, Naraina, Narela and Rohini.<br /><br />Four people were injured in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat area when the wall of a house collapsed on sleeping people. In outer Delhi’s Narela, five people were injured in a similar mishap. In Naraina, two persons were injured when the wall of a medical store fell on Sunday night.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A toddler died and about 20 people were injured in wall collapse incidents during the thunderstorms that lashed the national capital on Sunday night.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Many trees were uprooted and hoardings were flung in the air by gusty winds. <br /><br />In Motia Khan’s Peepalwaali Gali, the outer wall of an adjoining four-storey building fell over a tin-roofed house in which a family of five was sleeping. Two-and-half-year-old Mantaza died and her four-year-old-sister Kahkashah’s leg was fractured. Four members of the family were injured.<br /><br />Doctors have advised amputation for the injured girl, said neighbours. The other injured were discharged from hospital after medical treatment. The dead child’s father works at a bag-making unit.<br /><br />Local residents alleged that the adjacent wall which fell on the family’s home was made of sub-standard material. “Usually the thickness of a wall here is 9 inches.<br /><br />This one was only 4-inch thick,” said Ajit Kumar, an elderly neighbour.<br /><br />The building, which came up in just four months, is owned by a building material trader Chhote Khan, residents said. They alleged that Khan ran a belt-making factory in the building.<br /><br />“The use of machines constantly vibrates the thin walls of the building and makes its foundations shaky,” said Arun, another neighbour. <br /><br />Wall collapse incidents left several people injured in Anand Parbat, Najafgarh, Naraina, Narela and Rohini.<br /><br />Four people were injured in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat area when the wall of a house collapsed on sleeping people. In outer Delhi’s Narela, five people were injured in a similar mishap. In Naraina, two persons were injured when the wall of a medical store fell on Sunday night.<br /><br /></p>
