Overview
- A decades-old Kozhikode Corporation-owned building in Valiyangadi saw its 50‑metre sunshade collapse onto headload workers, leaving multiple dead and several injured.
- Casualty figures differ across reports, with police-linked accounts listing three dead and The Hindu and The News Minute reporting a fourth victim, Vinod, who died in hospital.
- Mayor O. Sadasivan announced ex gratia payments of ₹1 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and ₹50,000 for injured families, and initiated technical audits of Corporation-owned buildings.
- The Corporation began vacating the affected premises after inspectors found the structure in a dangerously dilapidated condition, posting notices for traders to remove goods.
- Records cited by some outlets suggest the building was earlier flagged for non-renewal or demolition, a claim the Mayor disputes, as protests and calls for culpable-homicide cases target civic officials.