At least seven minor students lost their lives and 30 others sustained injuries after a portion of a government upper primary school building collapsed in Piplodi village of Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Friday morning. The tragedy occurred while students were gathering for morning prayers.

Scenes of chaos and desperation unfolded at the site, where frantic parents, villagers, and teachers scrambled to pull children from beneath the rubble. Many injured students were rushed to hospitals in private vehicles before official help arrived. Nine students were admitted to the ICU at the district hospital, with multiple surgeries underway.

The Education Department has suspended school headmaster Meena Garg along with teachers Javed Ahmed, Ramvilas Lavanshi, Kanhaiyalal Suman, and Badrilal Lodha.

The original building, constructed in 1994 by the Panchayati Raj Department, had not undergone repairs and collapsed due to structural weakness likely worsened by recent heavy rainfall.

After this incident, parents along with thousands of people gathered outside hospital and protest against government.