Chhatarpur, May 26 -- Five people died after soil collapsed during the construction of a well in Nayapurwa village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district, officials said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred while workers were engaged in the construction of an old well under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in the village in Gram Panchayat Beherpurwa under the Ajaygarh Development Block.

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vishnu Dutt Sharma termed it a tragic incident and said the administration was extending all possible assistance to the affected families.

"An old well was under construction under MNREGA. Workers were working there. This is a tragic incident, and in such an incident, we all stand with those families...