Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A portion of the old building of Bhopal’s Hamidia College collapsed on Monday. Fortunately, no one was present in the damaged corridor when the incident took place.

According to Principal Anil Sewani, he had passed through the same corridor just 10 minutes before the collapse.

He said several letters had been sent earlier requesting repairs of the dilapidated structure, but no action was taken.

Notably, the building has been given the status of Prime Minister Excellence College. Read Also Bhopal's Hamidia Name Set To Be Changed, Government To Agree With Suryawanshi

Space crunch worsened

Hamidia College initially offered only Arts and Commerce courses but later started Science programs as well.

This increased the need for classrooms. With the collapse, the

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