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35 Die in India When Well Cover Collapses

by VOA News

   Indian officials said Friday at least 35 people fell to their deaths
   Thursday and 16 were injured when the cover of a well collapsed in a
   temple complex in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state. One person remains
   unaccounted for.

   "The stepwell was covered, but the slab covering it collapsed because
   of the crowd and extra load on it," Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
   Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.

   The well had not been in use for years.

   Dozens of emergency workers, including army personnel, were called to
   the site where worshippers had been celebrating a festival for the
   deity Rama.

   Some information for this report came from The Associated Press and
   Reuters.