A 40-year-old woman, Meera, and her 17-year-old son, Ganpath, were killed, and two others injured when a wall of an under-construction building collapsed near the Lieutenant Governor’s house in Delhi’s Civil Lines on Tuesday, July 29, due to heavy rainfall. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received a distress call at 9:53 AM and dispatched three fire tenders to the site opposite the LG’s residence, where rescue operations were promptly launched.

The injured, identified as Meera’s other son, Dashrath, 19, and Nanhe, 35, were rushed to Hindu Rao Hospital. Dashrath sustained head injuries, while Nanhe suffered a leg fracture; both are stable. The North Delhi police, under DCP Parminder Singh, are investigating, suspecting the 20-foot-high, 10-foot-long wall’s collapse was due to rain-soaked instability, with the building owned by a Kashmiri businessman. A case under BNS sections 105 and 106(1) for culpable homicide and negligence has been registered, with forensic teams examining the debris.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported 47 mm of rain in Civil Lines from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM, part of Delhi’s 614.2 mm monsoon rainfall by July 29, 9% above normal. This incident follows a deadly monsoon season, with 45 rain-related deaths in Delhi since June 28, including a May 2 storm killing four in Najafgarh when a tree felled a house.

The Delhi government has ordered structural audits of under-construction sites, amid criticism from AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj over lax enforcement by the BJP-ruled MCD.

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