3 people Dead, Around 14 people have been rescued so far; As 30 People Fall Into Well

Madhya Pradesh: As many as three bodies have been recovered so far and several people are feared trapped after an RCC wall around a well in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district caved in on Thursday evening. Around 14 people have been rescued so far.

The incident occured between 7:30-8 pm in Vidisha’s Lal Pathar area, which falls under the Ganj basoda police station, soon after a young boy fell into the well. Speaking to The Indian Express, Medical Education Minister, Vishwas Sarang who is also minister in-charge for Vidisha district said, “A boy had fallen into the well and villagers had stood on the RCC slab that covered the well which caved in.”

Sarang was sent to the spot by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who was also in Vidisha at the time of the incident. A team of the State Disaster Rescue Force (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel was rushed to the site.

Speaking to the media, Chouhan said, “It is difficult to give out an exact number but it is a sad incident and best efforts are being made to rescue people.” Chouhan has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident.