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Death toll in Indore temple tragedy rises to 35, Op still on  

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Updated: March 31st, 2023, 09:43 IST
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Indore: The death toll in the Indore temple stepwell roof collapse incident rose to 35 Friday and a search operation is currently underway to trace one missing person, an official said. The slab constructed on top of an ancient ‘bawdi’ or stepwell collapsed during a ‘havan’ programme held on the occasion of Ram Navami at the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple in the city Thursday, plunging several devotees into the water reservoir below. The temple located in Patel Nagar, where the tragedy took place, had been constructed after covering the square-shaped stepwell of around 20 ft x 20 ft size about four decades ago.

“Our search operation, being carried out with the help of Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), is nearing completion. So far, 35 bodies have been recovered from the well,” Indore District Magistrate Dr Ilayaraja T told reporters from the site of the incident. The bodies of all persons, except one, whose names were mentioned in the list of missing persons, have been recovered so far, he said.  There is a lot of silt in the well and it is being removed to trace the missing person, Illayaraja said.

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Earlier, Indore Divisional Commissioner (Revenue) Pawan Kumar Sharma said that 16 people injured in the mishap have been admitted to a hospital, while two others were sent home after first aid. Eyewitnesses said that after 11.30 pm Thursday, the process of recovering bodies from the well and sending them to a hospital for post-mortem intensified.

A joint team of the Army and the NDRF descended into the well with the help of a crane and trolley to recover the bodies. The rescue operation was initially hampered as the temple was built in a narrow space and a wall was broken to lower a pipe to pump out water from the well, officials said.

An eyewitness said that during the religious programme, there was a huge crowd of devotees at the temple and its floor caved in as it could not bear the load.  Residents said that the temple was built by laying a slab over the ancient stepwell.

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