By Express News Service
BHOPAL: Eight devotees have died after being trapped in a 40-ft deep well after the concrete slab over the well caved in at a temple in Indore, said collector Dr Illaiyaraja T.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Bhopal that while 10-12 out of 25 devotees have been safely rescued alive from the stepwell, seven-eight others are stated to be safe in the stepwell.
Briefing journalists at the spot, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said 12 devotees have so far been rescued alive from the well and the remaining devotees will be rescued soon.
“I’ve asked the authorities to provide oxygen support and lights inside the well,” he added.
The mishap happened during the Ram Navami celebration at the temple in Indore’s Patel Nagar area, on Thursday.
Overcrowding in the temple premises is said to be the reason for the collapse.
(Photo | PTI)
All the devotees rescued from the stepwell have been rushed in ambulances to different hospitals for primary treatment as some of them have sustained head injuries.
Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, the District Collector, and the Police Commissioner are supervising rescue operations by the local police and the State Disaster Emergency Response Force personnel at the spot.
Key political leaders, including national BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, his MLA son Akash Vijayvargiya and Cong MLA Jitu Patwari are at the spot.
Divers along with special equipment have been sent into the stepwell.
Ladders made out of ropes are being used to rescue the trapped devotees.
BHOPAL: Eight devotees have died after being trapped in a 40-ft deep well after the concrete slab over the well caved in at a temple in Indore, said collector Dr Illaiyaraja T.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Bhopal that while 10-12 out of 25 devotees have been safely rescued alive from the stepwell, seven-eight others are stated to be safe in the stepwell.
Briefing journalists at the spot, BJP General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said 12 devotees have so far been rescued alive from the well and the remaining devotees will be rescued soon.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
“I’ve asked the authorities to provide oxygen support and lights inside the well,” he added.
The mishap happened during the Ram Navami celebration at the temple in Indore’s Patel Nagar area, on Thursday.
Overcrowding in the temple premises is said to be the reason for the collapse.
(Photo | PTI)
All the devotees rescued from the stepwell have been rushed in ambulances to different hospitals for primary treatment as some of them have sustained head injuries.
Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, the District Collector, and the Police Commissioner are supervising rescue operations by the local police and the State Disaster Emergency Response Force personnel at the spot.
Key political leaders, including national BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, his MLA son Akash Vijayvargiya and Cong MLA Jitu Patwari are at the spot.
Divers along with special equipment have been sent into the stepwell.
Ladders made out of ropes are being used to rescue the trapped devotees.
