KORBA: At least 13 students were injured after the asbestos roof of a government school got ripped off in a windstorm and pieces of bricks fell on them in a remote village in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district on Wednesday, police said.The incident took place around 3 pm at the primary school in Darripara village under Pasan police station limits when the students were having their mid-day meal, District Education Officer PP Upadhyay said.Due to the strong windstorm, a portion of the asbestos roof got uprooted and pieces of the bricks of the wall fell on children causing 13 of them injuries, he said.The students were immediately shifted to a local hospital, where eight of them were discharged after preliminary treatment, he said.The remaining five were later referred to a nearby hospital in neighbouring Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district for further treatment and their condition is said to be out of danger, he added.
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