Khandwa, April 4 -- As many as eight people died due to suffocation from the poisonous gas in the well in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa on Thursday.

"During the festival of Gangaur Mata, some people went inside a well to clean it and the incident happened due to the formation of gas inside the well as the well was not being used for a long time... Around eight people were trapped inside the well and a rescue operation was carried out by police, SDRF, home Guards," Khandwa Collector Rishav Gupta told reporters.

The Khandwa Collector said that the administration has announced ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the families of all the deceased.

"All eight bodies have been recovered and sent for post-mortem to a nearby hospital," he added.

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