STEPWELL COLLAPSE
Mystery surrounding the Silverpit crater solved: 160-meter asteroid hit the North Sea 45 million years ago and triggered 330-foot tsunami waves, say scientists
A 20-year-old mystery of the North Sea's Silverpit Crater has been solved. Researchers confirmed an asteroid or comet struck the region 43-46 million years ago, forming the rare geological scar. Advanced seismic imaging and rock analysis revealed shocked minerals, the hallmark of hypervelocity impacts. This 160-meter-wide impactor triggered a colossal tsunami, reshaping the seabed and offering new insights into Earth's dynamic history.
Rainwater harvesting the most commonsensical action with climate change hammering India
The Bundelkhand region, which straddles Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, is one of the worst drought-prone areas of India. Come summer, people are stressed. They wait anxiously for weather bulletins because the rain — or lack of it — decides whether they should migrate to cities for work or stay back.
After Indore temple tragedy, MP govt orders survey of all stepwells and open borewells
On March 30, a structure at the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal Temple in Patel Nagar, which was built in a public garden by laying a slab to cover a "bawdi" or stepwell, collapsed, hurtling devotees several feet below. Rajora said district administrations across the state are directed to conduct a survey of bawdis and wells covered with slabs and open borewells within 30 days.
Indore Temple Tragedy: Drive launched to remove encroachments from religious complex, idols shifted
The operation was launched at the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple complex in Patel Nagar area here in Madhya Pradesh in the presence of heavy police security and barricades were placed on roads leading to the temple, officials said.
Death toll in Indore temple tragedy rises to 36, rescue operations end
A temple roof collapse in Indore on Thursday resulted in 36 fatalities, with no more recoveries expected. It is believed that the existence of a stepwell at the site of Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple was not known by worshippers, and it caved in due to the number of people present.
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Ram Navami celebrations marred by death of 11 devotees in Madhya Pradesh, violence in Bengal, Maharashtra
In Delhi, a large number of people defied a police order and took out a procession in Jahangirpuri, which witnessed riots last year during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, while stones were pelted at two marches in Gujarat's Vadodara too. The celebrations remained largely incident-free in the rest of the country with people coming out on the streets with religious fervour and enthusiasm and law-enforcement agencies on the watch.
Death toll in Indore temple tragedy rises to 36; MP CM visits site, angry locals shout slogans
Near the temple, a group of locals shouted "Murdabad" slogans in protest when Chouhan was on way to console the victims' families. The slab constructed on top of an ancient 'bawdi' or stepwell collapsed during a 'havan' programme held on the occasion of Ram Navami at the temple located in Patel Nagar area of the city, plunging several devotees into the water reservoir below.
Indore temple stepwell collapse: PM Modi announces ex-gratia for kin of dead, injured; death toll rises to 13
An eyewitness said that a large number of people had gathered on the roof of the ancient bavdi and it caved in as it was unable to bear the load.
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