Lucknow, January 26: Sixteen children and a woman were injured in separate incidents of roof and shed collapse during Republic Day functions in Uttar Pradesh today.
Twelve children were injured in Pilibhit district when a portion of the roof of Shivaji Shishu Niketan at Puranganj caved in during the R-Day function, officials said.
An FIR had been registered against the school Managar, they said.
In Ghaziabad district, four children and a woman were hurt after a tin shed of Abdul Kalam Azad school in Bhojpur area collapsed.
All the injured children were aged between 14 and 15 years, the the officials said.
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