30 Fall Into Stepwell At Indore Temple, Rescue Ops On

The ground of the temple caved in owing to heavy footfall

Indore:

Greater than 30 folks fell right into a stepwell at an Indore temple this morning after the roof over it collapsed amid heavy footfall on the event of Ram Navami.

9 devotees, together with two kids, have been rescued and rushed to a hospital. About 25 folks may nonetheless be trapped inside. Police and rescue groups are at work and at the very least 12 ambulances are on the spot to shift folks to hospitals when they’re rescued.

The incident at Beleshwar Mahadev temple came about amid a rush of devotees on the event of Ram Navami. Visuals from the spot point out that the ground of the temple caved in owing to heavy footfall, throwing folks into the stepwell. The movies confirmed devotees being introduced out from the nicely utilizing ropes.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned 10 folks have been rescued thus far and efforts are on to maneuver the others to security.

“It’s an unlucky incident however the rescue operation is underway. Until now, 10 folks have been rescued. 9 extra are nonetheless trapped however secure. Efforts to rescue the remaining are additionally on. I consider we’ll be capable to rescue everybody,” mentioned Mr Chouhan.

Indore collector T Raja mentioned rescue work is on and the administration is carefully monitoring the scenario.