"Some 600 wells were found but this one was not on the list. However, our (Nagar Nigam) officials were aware of the well and had even told the temple trust to remove the roof over it, but they did not pay heed," said a senior official, requesting anonymity.
Bhopal/Indore, Mar 30: Eleven persons died after the roof of a ‘bawdi’ (well) collapsed during a havan’, a fire ritual, on the occasion of Ram Navami at a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city on Thursday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. . Earlier, Indore Collector Illaiyaraja T had given the death toll as 12.