Army was called at night for rescue work – Photo: Social Media Expansion For the devotees who went to participate in the Havan at Beleshwar Mahadev Temple on Ram Navami, their devotion proved fatal. Neither did they know that at the place where they were going, the ground would explode and they would all get absorbed in it. There was negligence at every level and common innocent people and even two year olds had to become victims of this. The accident took place on Thursday around 2:00 am 03 and the bodies were thrown out of the stepwell. The ordeal continued till noon the next day. Had the municipal corporation and administrative staff been active in time and tried to save lives, this situation would not have happened. Delay in taking decisions was also responsible for increasing the number of deaths. Mistake No. 1 Officers could not understand the seriousness of the accident: The officers thought that the accident was minor. Some people will be buried and will be saved. This is the reason why senior officers and administrative staff reached the spot after one and a half to two hours. Till then the local people kept beating hands and feet. Even the policemen who reached first could not understand the situation. Kept trying to get people out with the help of clothes and ropes. The ambulance and other staff reached the spot after one to one and a half hours. Mistake No. 2 Delay in calling the army: The decision to call Army and NDRF was taken late. That too late in the evening. By then the hope of survival was over. Had the NDRF been called first, they would certainly have been able to save a few more lives at the earliest with their expertise and resources. After all, the distance from Mhow to Indore is just 35- It is only km. Had the army been called from there, help would have been received within an hour or so. It seemed that the Army and NDRF teams were called only to retrieve the bodies. , Mistake No. 3 750 No even basic training: Police and municipal team Residents were evacuating the fallen before they arrived. The policemen showed strictness and drove them away from there. Now people are alleging that some people were hanging from his rope. When the police chased them away with sticks, they fell down and died. There was a need for sensitive and sensible police, not police with sticks, who would take timely decisions as per the requirement and try to save maximum lives. The police and the municipal corporation kept on stirring by putting ropes in the stepwell hoping that someone would catch hold of it and come up. Mission No. 4 Shed was not removed, only one crane was brought: Started the relief work without removing the shed above the Bawdi. Took the help of a crane. By removing the shed, removing the iron nets with the help of other cranes 35 hours Till then there is no need to try to remove the dead bodies. Not only this, the decision to draw water was also taken in the evening, by which time many people had died. Those who survived from the stepwell were helped by the stairs. Some had even sat on the stairs after falling and were waiting for help. Some came out with the help of stairs. Mission No. 5 Lack of response time, plan: Immediately after the accident, someone had to start the work by taking the lead. But no top officer was leading. Those who could understand, started doing that. There was no basic planning. It seemed that the officers were not given the training they should have in the event of a disaster. Till the control room was made at night for the information of the missing people. While this was to be done at the initial level itself. 16801917037501680191703506