Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh): Four bodies were recovered and 19 people have been rescued after several people fell into the well on Thursday in Ganjbasoda area in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisham.
“19 people have been rescued. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are also here. The land here is prone to subsidence, it’s happening again and again. It will be difficult to say the exact toll until the operation concludes,” state’s Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang told ANI on Friday.
The minister was present at the site of the incident after the direction of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
MP: 4 bodies recovered from the spot so far in Ganjbasoda area of Vidisha.
CM SS Chouhan announces an ex-gratia of Rs 5 Lakhs each for the next of the kin of the deceased & compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the injured. The injured will also be provided free medical treatment. pic.twitter.com/PgBs2hzFJB
— ANI (@ANI) July 16, 2021
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) Vidisha, Vinayak Verma said that the injured people have been admitted to the hospital.