More than 35 people have died after the roof of a ‘bawdi’ (well) collapsed during a ‘havan’, on Ram Navami recently at a temple in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. There is the usual ‘probe’ ordered into this huge tragedy. Financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for every injured person has been announced.

This temple was constructed by laying a slab over the bawdi. The probe is going to focus on how a temple was allowed to be constructed over a bawdi.