Khandwa News 8 people died due to drowning in well in Khandwa Madhya Pradesh

Khandwa News: A tragic accident occurred in Kondawat village of Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Here 8 people who came out to clean the well for immersion of Gangaur Mata died. The reason for the accident is being said to be a leakage of methane gas inside the well.

The jawars of Gangaur Mata were to be immersed in Kondawat village. In view of this, on Wednesday, the villagers came down to clean the 150 -year -old public wells, but due to the contact with the methane gas deposited in the well, everyone died on the spot due to suffocation.

These people lost their lives
The dead of this painful accident have been identified by Mohan father Mansaram (former sarpanch) age 55, Anil father Atmaram Patel age 30 years, Sharan father Sukhram age 30 years, Arjun father Govind age 35 years, Gajanand father Gajanand father Gopal age 25 years, Baliram father Asharam age 36 years, Rakesh’s father Hari age 22 years, Ajay father Mohan’s age 25 years.

Announcement of 4-4 lakh compensation
At the same time, compensation has also been announced to the families of the deceased. The District Collector has announced to give financial assistance of four lakhs to the families of those who lost their lives in the well.

After this heartbreaking accident, weeds have become mourning in the entire village. The families of the dead are in a weeping condition. According to the elders of the village, this well had been used for immersion of idols and jowars on festivals for years, but this time it became the cause of a major accident.

Order to investigate the incident
Police and administration reached the spot as soon as the incident was reported and rescue operations were started. All the bodies were taken out and sent for postmortem. Khandwa district administration has ordered an inquiry into this accident. According to preliminary investigation, methane gas was present in the well, due to which these youths died due to suffocation.

(Sheikh Shakeel’s report)