Personnel from four police stations have been deployed to prevent any possible resistance. The Deputy Municipal Commissioner, District Magistrate, and other officials are also present at the spot.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister alleged that the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) did not remove the illegal constructions around the stepwell due to political pressure from the ruling BJP.
The death toll in the Indore temple stepwell collapse incident has increased to 35, Indore Collector Dr Ilayaraja T told news agency ANI. The search operation to trace persons reported missing after the tragic incident is still on.The roof of a bawdi (stepwell) collapsed during a havan , a fire ritual, on the occasion of Ram Navami at the Shri Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal Temple in Indore.