The death toll from a temple roof collapse in central India on Thursday rose to 35, a senior police officer said Friday.
Rescue operations at the collapse site in Indore, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, is still underway, with one person still missing, the officer said.
“Thirty-five bodies have been recovered so far and one person is still missing. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Army are conducting search and rescue operations,” he added.
The accident occurred at the sudden collapse of a terraced well on Thursday. Nineteen people were rescued from the site and taken to a local hospital as of Thursday evening, where rescue work continued throughout the night.
Source: Jordan News Agency