A major accident has taken place on Thursday evening in Ganjbasoda of Vidisha district, 120 km from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. According to the villagers, "a girl fell into a well late on Thursday evening while playing". "A huge crowd gathered around the well as word spread across the village. They were trying to rescue her when the boundary wall of the well caved in and they fell into the well", Bhopal division additional director general of police, Sai Manohar said.
"About 23 people have been rescued", said MP’s medical education minister Vishvas Kailash Sarang, shortly before midnight. Of them, Sarang said, "13 people have been admitted to hospital."
Soon after the accident, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan sent teams of NDRF, SDRF to Bhopal for rescue work. Vidisha district in-charge minister Vishwas Sarang also left from Bhopal on the instructions of the Chief Minister and reached the spot. Compensation has been announced after this accident. Five lakh rupees have been announced for the kin of the dead, 50-50 thousand rupees for the injured and free treatment has been announced.