A woman was killed and 11 others were injured when a homestay and a restaurant wall collapsed near Bageshwar Dham in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. An official said that the condition of three of the injured is said to be critical.
The wall of the homestay located in the village of Gadha collapsed due to heavy rains at night. Bamitha police station in -charge Ashutosh Shroti said that a woman named Anita Devi (40) died in this incident. He said that the deceased was a resident of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. According to the information, Anita Devi had reached Bageshwar Dham on Monday night and took Guru Diksha from Peetadhishwar Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of Dham at 10 pm.
When asked about the incident, Deputy Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Akhil Rathore told the media that the wall fell between five and six in the morning, injuring 12 people and was immediately rushed to the hospital. Rathore said that one of these women died. The SDM reported that four of the injured were referred to Gwalior, while five others were sent to Mirzapur after treatment. He said that two injured have been admitted to the district hospital in Chhatarpur and are undergoing treatment.
He will be sent to Howrah as per his wish. Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. RP Gupta said that due to heavy rains, the wall of the restaurant fell. He informed that all the injured are undergoing treatment.
Some of them have also fractured fractures. The official said that most of these people were from Mirzapur and Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Anita Devi’s daughter Anshika, who was unconscious, said that after the incident many people got trapped under the wall of the room where they were sleeping. Eyewitnesses said that the devotees who came to Bageshwar Dham were sleeping in a hall of Homestay, when the wall fell due to heavy rains.
Gulab, who was injured in the incident, told that he is from Kolkata and came to Bageshwar Dham to seek blessings from Mahant. He said that the wall of homestay collapsed, causing all the devotees sleeping in the hall. He said that some people nearby immediately informed the police, after which all the injured were taken by ambulance to the district hospital. On July 3, one person was killed and four others were injured when a tent collapsed due to heavy rains in Bageshwar Dham campus. They came to seek blessings from Mahant Dhirendra Shastri of Bageshwar Dham.