Seven children were killed in a school building collapse in Rajasthan, prompting urgent inspections that found over 1,000 unsafe classrooms in Kota's government schools.

Kartik was one of seven students who died when the roof of a government primary school collapsed in the district’s Piplodi village. The incident occurred at 8:30 am, when students of the Government Higher Primary School gathered for morning prayers.

A series of alarming school building collapses in Rajasthan has sparked public outrage and renewed concerns over the crumbling infrastructure of government-run schools. In the latest incident, the roof of a government primary school in Khariyawas village,