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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 3 : Bulldozers deployed by the Indore Municipal Corporation on Monday demolished illegal construction at the Beleshwar Jhulelal Mahadev Temple, where last Thursday, 36 people were killed after its floor caved into a stepwell.District administration officials and police personnel were present in strength as bulldozers rolled in.The floor of a stepwell of the temple located in Patel Nagar of the city caved in during a Havan on the day of Ram Navami.The mishap occurred at the Beleshwar Jhulelal Mahadev Temple around 11am on March 30 when a havan was being orgsed on the occasion of Ram Navami festival. The roof of the stepwell on which devotees were sitting collapsed.Rescue operations began and continued for around 24 hours till Friday afternoon.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced ex gratia for the kin of those who died and compensation for those injured.A total of 36 persons died and 16 people were rescued in the incident. The bodies were brought from all around to Patel Dharamshala in the city and after that they were taken to Muktidham (crematorium) by ambulances and Gujarati community buses.CM Chouhan and his cabinet ministers also inspected the rescue operation at the site of the incident. He said that a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident and action will be taken against those found responsible."An FIR was registered, and a magisterial inquiry was ordered into the incident. Action will be taken against those found responsible. The current priority is the rescue operation. The injured will be treated free of cost. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also announced the ex-gratia amount to the victims. We have ordered an inspection of such step-wells and borewells across the state," Chouhan said.Indore Commissioner of Police (CP) Makrand Deoskar said, "A case has been registered against the President, Sewaram Gal and Secretary, Murli Sabn of temple trust under IPC section 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder)."Besides, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) had issued notices regarding illegal construction at the stepwell of the temple. As no action was taken on the matter, two officials of the municipal corporation, Building Officer P R Aroliya and Building Inspector Prabhat Tiwari were suspended by the IMC Commissioner Pratibha Pal on Friday.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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National :Illegal construction razed at Indore temple after 36 killed in stepwell collapse

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 3 : Bulldozers deployed by the Indore Municipal Corporation on Monday demolished illegal construction ... ...