Two minor girls were today killed after a wall collapsed on them at Kakarhai village in Sarai Akil area here, police said.
Swati (5) and Anjali (8) were playing near their house when the wall collapsed, leaving them dead, police said.
Another girl from the same neighbourhood, identified as Payal, was injured in the incident, they said.
The bodies of the victims have been sent for post-mortem, police said.
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Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force
comprising about 80 personnel have rushed to the flyover collapse spot.
NDRF Director General O P Singh said in Delhi that the teams are being sent from their local base at Rajarhat, near the Kolkata airport.
The accident spot is about 13 kms from the NDRF base.
"The teams are well equipped to immediately conduct rescue operations. They will do that exactly as soon as they reach," Singh said.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was in Midnapore for election campaign, is arriving here cutting short her visit, official sources said.
