{"id":976,"date":"2026-05-08T07:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=976"},"modified":"2026-05-08T07:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T07:26:20","slug":"three-eastern-university-students-injured-after-building-collapse-during-dance-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/08\/three-eastern-university-students-injured-after-building-collapse-during-dance-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Eastern University Students Injured After Building Collapse During Dance Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three female students of Eastern University were seriously injured after part of a building collapsed while they were engaged in dance practice.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly occurred on May 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the upper-floor building at the Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Kallady, affiliated with Eastern University, had been planned for construction around five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite concerns that the structure was unstable, it had allegedly been opened for student use.<\/p>\n<p>During a dance practice session involving final-year students, a section of the upper floor suddenly collapsed and fell onto the students.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, three students sustained serious injuries and were admitted to the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, questions have been raised regarding the construction quality of the building, and reports indicate that an official connected to the matter has resigned from their position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three female students of Eastern University were seriously injured after part of a building collapsed while they were engaged in dance practice. The incident reportedly occurred on May 6, 2026. According to reports, the upper-floor building at the Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Kallady, affiliated with Eastern University, had been planned for construction &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}