Indore: Shocking allegations of negligence against the authorities of Beleshwar Mahadev temple where at least 11 people have died after falling into a stepwell when the makeshift roof over it collapsed under the crowds' weight has come to the fore. Locals alleged that some functionaries of the temple had put a roof slab to cover the stepwell and the two edges of the slab were placed on the railing of the well.
They further alleged that the roof slab which was put over the stepwell was not robust enough to sustain the weight of the large crowd as it was not built using a beam-column. Unaware of the danger scores of people started gathering on the roof slab for sitting and performing havan. As the size of the crowd kept increasing the roof slab was gradually reaching its breaking point.
Gradually, the number of people on the roof slab reached 100. By then the roof slab has reached its breaking point and before people could realize what is happening the roof slab and the railing collapsed under the crowd's weight resulting in several people falling into the stepwell.
