Ganpati Visarjan 2024 in Bhandara: Nine women were injured after a portion of a building collapsed during a Ganesh festival immersion procession in the village of Barwa, Lakhandur taluka, on Wednesday evening at around 6 p.m.
The incident occurred when a large crowd gathered on the roof of a building along the main market road to watch the procession. The old structure, unable to bear the weight, collapsed. A tin shed below helped prevent a much larger tragedy.
“If the tin shed had not been there, 35 to 40 people could have been in danger,” said a local resident.
Among the injured, six women — Anita Rajendra Sonwane (45), Mina Tilak Singh Bais (40), Pramila Shekhar Jambhulkar (40), Chandrakala Mohan Sonwane (42), Nutan Narendra Nakade (36), and Dipali Dilip Gharde (35) — sustained minor injuries. Nandini Suresh Shendre (30), Archana Vijay Devhare (40), and a 15-year-old girl, Riya Revachand Shendre, were seriously injured.
The mildly injured women were immediately admitted to a primary health center, while those seriously injured were taken to a hospital in Lakhandur.
"The condition of the mildly injured is out of danger," said medical officer Chandrasuresh Dongarwar.