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.
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.
Ram Navami celebrations at a temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore took a tragic turn when the roof of a ‘bawdi’ (well) collapsed during a havan (a fire ritual), killing 14 people. The toll is expected to go up during the night as of the 30-35 devotees who fell into the well, many are still to be