According to officials, more than a dozen individuals were saved after falling into a well at a Hindu temple in India, where at least 13 devotees were killed.
Following the floor covering it collapsing on Thursday in the central city of Indore, more than 25 worshippers dove into the stepwell, a stair-lined community water source.
According to Narottam Mishra, the state’s minister of the interior for Madhya Pradesh, “police rescued 11 bodies from the well and two persons perished from their injuries at the hospital.”
Mishra declared that the tragedy had been investigated and that the surviving families will receive compensation.
Manish Kapuriya, a police spokesman, stated that rescue attempts were ongoing and that the injured individuals had been transported to government hospitals for care.
Emergency personnel were seen in television footage using ropes and ladders to reach the people stuck in the Madhya Pradesh well.
Other videos showed the collapsed floor, bent steel bars, and police ropes used to surround the scene.
On the festival of Ram Navami, when the Hindu deity Lord Ram celebrates his birthday, temples all throughout India were packed with worshippers.