The death toll in the temple stepwell collapse incident in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has increased to 35 while 14 people have been rescued so far, according to officials.
A rescue operation led by the Madhya Pradesh police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Emergency and Response Force (SDERF) and district administration is still underway.
The roof of a stepwell caved in during special pooja of Ram Navami at the Indore temple.
"The 18 hours long rescue operation started at around 12:30 on Thursday, and is still ongoing," Collector Ilayaraja T said.
A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the matter.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced ₹5 lakh exgratia to the kin of the deceased while ₹50,000 to the injured. The exgratia of ₹2 lakh will also be given through the Prime Minister Relief Fund.
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