Eight people were killed and three others were injured when a wall collapsed during a religious festival at a temple in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.
India TV, in its English version, reported on Wednesday that the accident occurred when heavy rains and strong winds caused part of a wall erected for the festival to collapse. Rescue teams are doing their best to remove the debris to ensure no one is trapped under the rubble.
For his part, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the accident, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured.
He also announced financial compensation of 200,000 rupees to the families of the dead and 50,000 rupees to the injured.
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