Five people, including four children, were killed after the roof of a house collapsed following heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. Two children were injured and are undergoing treatment, while authorities launched rescue operations. The IMD has issued a rain alert as monsoon activity continues across the state.

The leaders will also inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for three National Highway projects with a combined cost of over Rs 4,850 crore. Ahead of the inauguration, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari described the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway as a “historic achievement” that would give a new direction to Uttar Pradesh’s connectivity