The death of seven children due to the caving in of mud houses during the recent floods has brought into focus the alleged shoddy implementation of housing schemes, with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress questioning the execution of Prime Minister Awas Yojana in Odisha.
A 10-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy died when a portion of wall fell on them while they were asleep at Raidiha village under the Udala block in Mayurbhanj district on Monday. Their mother and a sibling had a miraculous escape in the incident. Villagers retrieved the bodies trapped under the debris.
A child succumbed to injuries when their mud house collapsed at Bholabeda village in the Bisoi block of Mayurbhanj district. The parents who were seriously injured were admitted to hospital at Rairangpur.
