A three-year-old girl died in Karnataka’s Belagavi early Monday morning after a wall collapsed on her amid continuous rainfall in the district.

The incident took place in Mahalingeshwar Colony in Gokak town, where the child, Keerthila Nagesh Poojari, was asleep with her sister when the rear wall of their house gave way. The wall collapsed on the two children, killing Keerthila on the spot and injuring her four-year-old sister.

Their parents, who were sleeping in another room, were unharmed. The injured child has been admitted to a local hospital. Police from the Gokak Town Station visited the spot, and the body has been shifted to the Gokak Government Hospital mortuary.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rain with sustained winds in Belagavi and Dharwad districts on Monday, and an orange alert has been issued.

In a similar incident on May 19 in Bengaluru, a 35-year-old woman named Shashikala died after a compound wall collapsed on her.

Authorities suspect that overnight rainfall weakened the wall, causing it to collapse. Shashikala died instantly. She is survived by her husband, a daily wage labourer, and their two young children. The family is originally from Shahapur in Yadgir district, Karnataka.