Eleven bodies have been recovered after the rescue operation in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, where nearly 30 people fell into a 40-feet-deep well. Nineteen people who fell into the well at Lal Patar village in Vidisha district's Ganj Basoda area have been rescued.
People had gathered around a well to watch others try to pull out an eight-year-old girl who had fallen in it.
‘Anguished’ PM Modi expressed his condolences over the deaths and announcing an assistance of ₹ 2 lakh each for the families of those who died.
Earlier, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said those rescued are undergoing treatment for their injuries at hospitals in Vidisha and Basoda. He announced ex gratia of ₹50,000 and free medical treatment for the injured
The Chief Minister announced in a Twitter post that the families of those who died in the incident will be provided a compensation of ₹ 5 lakh each.
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