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At least 35 people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in central India after the covering of a temple well collapsed and people fell inside, local officials said. The incident occurred as devotees gathered at a temple in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state to celebrate the Hindu festival of Ram Navami on Thursday, officials said. “We have rescued 18 people, 35 have been found dead and 16 are injured,” Ilayaraja T, Indore’s district magistrate, told the Reuters news agency on Friday. VIDEO | Rescue operations are still underway at Indore's Beleshwar Mahadev Temple where a rooftop of a stepwell collapsed yesterday during a 'havan' program held on the occasion of Ram Navami. — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) The Times of India newspaper said the rescue work was expedited on Thursday night after underwater cameras showed bodies floating in the muddy waters of the well. Nearly 140 rescuers used ropes and ladders to pull the bodies from the well after pumping out the water. A narrow path and debris in the well made the task difficult. Dozens of people had fallen into the well in the temple complex and were covered by falling debris, Police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. Temple authorities had stopped using the well years ago and had covered the mouth with iron grills and tiles, officials said. An accident victim is carried towards a waiting ambulance in Indore [AP Photo] The structure caved in because it could not handle the weight of the large crowd, said the...

Indore: Nepal’s Prime Minister “As per official communication, Nepal’s Prime Minister will visit Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Mandir to offer prayers on June 2. He will be received by the Governor Mangubhai C Patel,” Ujjain collector Kumar Purushottam told TOI, Dahal is likely to visit the temple between 11am and 12noon. So, all the required safety and other arrangements are being made as per the protocol, the collector said. Before Dahal’s visit, chief minister It will be Dahal’s first bilateral visit abroad since he took office in December 2022. Nepal’s prime minister will arrive in India on 31 May and will leave on 3 June. “During the visit, the Prime Minister of Nepal will call on the President and Vice-President and will hold extensive talks with Prime Minister “The visit continues the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between India and Nepal in furtherance of our ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. This visit underscores the importance given by both sides in adding further momentum to the bilateral partnership," the MEA press release says.

Municipal authorities in Indore claim to have no idea that the ancient stepwell, which collapsed leading to the death of 36 devotees in Patel Nagar, was closed with a flimsy concrete cover and converted into a temple by Shri Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal Mandir Trust. Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava told THE WEEK that the IMC (Indore municipal corporation) was not aware that a stepwell had been covered and converted into a temple. “The stepwell in question was covered about four decades ago. We conducted a survey of the water bodies in Indore two years ago, but this stepwell was not recorded, as it was covered. Who did all these constructions 40 years ago and under what circumstances, remain to be seen,” the mayor said. The mayor said the IMC had given notice to the temple trust on a new illegal temple construction being done on adjacent land (earmarked for a community garden) twice – in April 2022 and in January 2023. However, the officials did not pay attention to the existing flimsy temple/stepwell structure, also allegedly illegal, which collapsed, resulting in the death of 36 people on the day of Ramnavami. This is despite the fact that in the written reply to a notice served by IMC in April 2022, the temple trust, while denying any illegal construction and accusing the authorities of trying to hurt the religious sentiments of the devotees, had twice mentioned the covered stepwell and the plan to restore it. The reply also mentioned that the IMC authorities have reques...

The death toll in the Indore temple tragedy rose to 35 on Friday a day after a slab constructed on top of an ancient well collapsed during a ‘havan’ program held on the occasion of Ram Navami at a temple in Indore city on Thursday. According to officials, 12 bodies were found during the rescue operation late last night. It was also suspected that five more bodies could still be under water at the bottom of the well. Following the incident, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 5 lakhs to the next of kin of the deceased while Rs 50,000 will be given to the injured. Meanwhile, Home Minister Narottam Mishra said the government ordered a probe into the incident. Temple Tragedy According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred during a religious program on the occasion of Ram Navami at the Baleshwar Mahadev temple. There were dozens of devotees sitting on a slab that covered the ancient well. Notwithstanding the weight of the crowd, the slab collapsed at around 12 noon. Nearly 30-35 devotees reportedly fell into the well, Indore Police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar told PTI earlier citing eyewitness accounts. Visuals from the spot showed chaos and rescue teams, police personnel and locals pulling out those trapped in the well. Patel Nagar Residents Association president Kantibhai Patel claimed that ambulances did not reach the spot for more than an hour after being informed about the accident. Rescue Operations The incident prompted an Army resc...

How the concrete slab caved inAs many as 35 people had gathered to celebrate Ram Navami at Beleshwar Mahadev temple and were sitting for hawan when the slab caved in and they fell into a deep bawri filled with water. District collector Ilayaraja T said 14 bodies were recovered. As many as 19 people were rescued. Several feared trapped; rescue operations on "Manual checks have been carried out by the team. We are trying to remove the water from the well using motors and machines and are checking if people are trapped in the mud," the district collector told TOI. All the injured, including a few children, were sent to a private hospital in Bhanwarkuan area where they were undergoing treatment. Police said that a few of them were in a critical condition. Pushkar Patel, an eyewitness who helped in the rescue operations, said, "As the slab caved in, the devotees fell into the water and some clung to the hanging debris of the concrete and iron mesh, to save themselves. We heard a loud noise as the slab caved in and rushed to rescue the devotees. We threw ropes and were trying to save them when police and administrative officials arrived. Many of my neighbours and distant relatives were at the temple when the accident took place," he said. People gathered at the temple in large numbers to initiate the rescue operations. Ropes were dropped into the large well, as police arrived in strength to assist in the rescue and maintain law and order. District collector said that a compensat...

Mar 31, 2023, 09:15PM IST Source: ANI The rescue operation is underway after stepwell collapse at Baleshwar Mahadev Temple in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh on March 31. The death toll has now increased to 36. Efforts are being made to retrieve the body of other missing persons. “We were performing Havan, there was a lot of crowd. The Havan was in the last stage when the roof caved in. Many people fell. There were many women and children. People were facing breathing difficulties,” said a victim. “About 40-50 people had fallen in the stepwell. We pulled out people through ropes, sarees etc. Disaster management teams were also present,” said a local. “The body of one missing person has been recovered. The list we received from people has been taken out but we are still carrying out rescue operations so that no one is left stranded,” said Makrand Deoskar, Commissioner of Police, Indore.

Indore: Indore bench of MP high court allowed an interlocutory application (IA) for impleading Baleshwar Mahadev temple management committee as respondent in a PIL against temple stepwell tragedy that led to 36 deaths. Justice Vivek Rusia and The IA was moved after the last hearing on April 10, when counsel sought time for impleading the management committee as party in PIL. The court heard Garg’s PIL along with two others filed by advocate Pramod Dwivedi and Rajendra Singh. The PIL seeks action against office bearers of management committee, IMC officials and politicians, under whose patronage the step well was covered, and temple was constructed over it along with other reliefs.

Indore: As many as 36 people have been killed after the roof of a stepwell collapsed at a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Thursday. The stepwell roof at the Beleshwar Mahadev temple could not sustain the weight of a large crowd on Ram Navami. "Two people returned home safely after getting treatment. The search operation to trace persons reported missing is underway," Indore Collector Ilayaraja T said, as quoted by news agency ANI. "The 18 hours long rescue operation started at around 12:30 on Thursday, and is still ongoing," he added. Managed by a private trust, the temple is located at Sneh Nagar, one of the oldest residential colonies in Indore. Sources have said the tragedy could have been averted had the Indore Municipal Corporation acted on the complaints filed by residents. NDTV accessed a copy of a municipality notice to the Beleshwar Mahadev temple's trust in April 2022 over complaints by locals who allege that the temple was built on a stepwell in an encroached park. The municipal body had marked the well's cover for demolition but backed down after being warned by the trust that such a move will hurt religious sentiments. On Ram Navami, a havan was being performed on the concrete slab covering a stepwell which also served as the platform of the temple. The concrete slab was not strong enough to hold the weight of 30-40 people, resulting in devotees plunging into the 40-foot-deep stepwell. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fo...

Municipal authorities in Indore claim to have no idea that the ancient stepwell, which collapsed leading to the death of 36 devotees in Patel Nagar, was closed with a flimsy concrete cover and converted into a temple by Shri Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal Mandir Trust. Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava told THE WEEK that the IMC (Indore municipal corporation) was not aware that a stepwell had been covered and converted into a temple. “The stepwell in question was covered about four decades ago. We conducted a survey of the water bodies in Indore two years ago, but this stepwell was not recorded, as it was covered. Who did all these constructions 40 years ago and under what circumstances, remain to be seen,” the mayor said. The mayor said the IMC had given notice to the temple trust on a new illegal temple construction being done on adjacent land (earmarked for a community garden) twice – in April 2022 and in January 2023. However, the officials did not pay attention to the existing flimsy temple/stepwell structure, also allegedly illegal, which collapsed, resulting in the death of 36 people on the day of Ramnavami. This is despite the fact that in the written reply to a notice served by IMC in April 2022, the temple trust, while denying any illegal construction and accusing the authorities of trying to hurt the religious sentiments of the devotees, had twice mentioned the covered stepwell and the plan to restore it. The reply also mentioned that the IMC authorities have reques...

At least 35 people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in central India after the covering of a temple well collapsed and people fell inside, local officials said. The incident occurred as devotees gathered at a temple in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state to celebrate the Hindu festival of Ram Navami on Thursday, officials said. “We have rescued 18 people, 35 have been found dead and 16 are injured,” Ilayaraja T, Indore’s district magistrate, told the Reuters news agency on Friday. VIDEO | Rescue operations are still underway at Indore's Beleshwar Mahadev Temple where a rooftop of a stepwell collapsed yesterday during a 'havan' program held on the occasion of Ram Navami. — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) The Times of India newspaper said the rescue work was expedited on Thursday night after underwater cameras showed bodies floating in the muddy waters of the well. Nearly 140 rescuers used ropes and ladders to pull the bodies from the well after pumping out the water. A narrow path and debris in the well made the task difficult. Dozens of people had fallen into the well in the temple complex and were covered by falling debris, Police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. Temple authorities had stopped using the well years ago and had covered the mouth with iron grills and tiles, officials said. An accident victim is carried towards a waiting ambulance in Indore [AP Photo] The structure caved in because it could not handle the weight of the large crowd, said the...