Thirteen people died after falling into a well during a wedding in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday. 

The incident took place at a pre-wedding ritual of haldi in at Naurangiya Tola village. An iron net some women and girls were sitting on, broke, District Magistrate S Rajalingam said.

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“This happened during a wedding program wherein some people were sitting on a slab of a well and due to heavy load, the slab broke,” S Rajalingam, district magistrate of Kushinagar, told reporters.

“An ex-gratia of ₹4 lakh will be given to the kin of the deceased.”

Ten people were also injured in the incident, Rajalingam said.

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the incident and directed officials to extend all possible help.

Modi expressed condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident. He wished the injured a speedy recovery and said the local authorities were doing everything possible to help.

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“The incident at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh is heartbreaking. I convey my deepest condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives in this. At the same time, I wish the injured a speedy recovery. The local administration is doing everything possible to help,” the Prime Minister tweeted in Hindi.

“The death of the villagers in an unfortunate incident at Village Naurangia School Tola in District Kushinagar is deeply saddening. My thoughts are with the bereaved families of the deceased. Wishing Lord Shri Ram a speedy recovery to the injured,” Yogi Adityanath tweeted.