Overview
- The Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital compound wall collapsed Wednesday during a brief hailstorm in Shivajinagar, killing seven people and injuring others.
- Those trapped included street vendors and visitors from Kerala, and the chief minister announced ₹5 lakh for each bereaved family along with free treatment for the injured.
- The state suspended the Health Department’s Executive Engineer, issued notices to officials, and ordered a statewide safety audit of hospital buildings and compound walls with reports due within a week.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cited a prima facie cause of soil dumped against the wall during ongoing civil work and directed a formal inquiry to fix responsibility.
- The storm also uprooted trees and caused other rain-related deaths across Bengaluru, and authorities ordered rapid road repairs, branch cutting, and inspections ahead of heavier rains.