Horror as temple flooring collapses sending worshippers plunging into nicely leaving 14 individuals lifeless & dozens lacking in India

AT least 14 worshippers have been killed after plunging right into a deep nicely as a makeshift flooring collapsed at a temple in India.

Emergency companies raced to the scene in Indore after the ground caved in whereas greater than 40 individuals had been performing a fireplace ritual to have fun a Hindu competition.

The army was called in as the desperate rescue operation continued into the night — The military was referred to as in because the determined rescue operation continued into the eveningCredit score: Rex

Dozens of people are still missing after the floor collapsed at the temple — Dozens of individuals are nonetheless lacking after the ground collapsed on the templeCredit score: AP

At the least 14 have died, and greater than 20 – together with a one-year-old child – are nonetheless lacking.

The military was referred to as in at 11pm because the determined rescue operation continued into the evening.

Underwater cameras from divers revealed grisly photographs of our bodies floating within the muddy waters, Times of India reviews.

Witnesses mentioned they heard an enormous crack adopted by the crashing of concrete and bricks as the ground collapsed.

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As cops cordoned off the scene, households rushed to the temple waving pictures of their family members at rescuers.

A member of the rescue workforce mentioned: “We discovered loads of water, so it was tough to tug individuals out. We used ropes, ladders, however lastly needed to dive with oxygen cylinders.

A senior police officer mentioned: “At evening, extra our bodies may very well be seen, divers entered the nicely and used cameras to look within the muddy water.

“The photographs they despatched again had been spine-chilling.

“Over 40 individuals had been collaborating in a havan on the platform protecting the nicely when it caved in.”

Temple authorities had stopped utilizing the nicely years in the past and lined it with the makeshift flooring.

Witnesses mentioned a big crowd had flocked to the temple to have fun Rama, probably the most extensively worshipped Hindu deities.

The state’s prime elected official, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, has ordered an investigation into the tragedy.

Constructing collapses are widespread in India due to poor building and a failure to watch rules.

In October, a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed right into a river in Gujarat, killing at the least 132 in one of many worst accidents within the nation within the final decade.