Temple stampede leaves numerous dead in India

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(CNN) -- A stampede outside a temple in central India killed at least 89 people Sunday, authorities said.

The incident occurred on a bridge over the Sindh River while pilgrims were headed to the temple for a Hindu festival.

"The death toll could go much higher as about 25,000 people were present on the bridge at that time," said D.K. Arya, a local deputy police inspector.

A rumor that the bridge was about to collapse caused panicked people to stampede, police told CNN sister network CNN-IBN.

Many people jumped off the bridge into the river, Arya said.

The stampede occurred at a temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

Temple stampede leaves 89 dead in India - CNN.com

Here we go again.

 

[Icewolf]

The Sindh River...

After stealing our legacy, our name, now they steal our rivers too...

Anyways... RIP... lolz

 

[Hafizzz]

(CNN) -- A stampede outside a temple in central India killed at least 89 people Sunday, authorities said.

The incident occurred on a bridge over the Sindh River while pilgrims were headed to the temple for a Hindu festival.

"The death toll could go much higher as about 25,000 people were present on the bridge at that time," said D.K. Arya, a local deputy police inspector.

A rumor that the bridge was about to collapse caused panicked people to stampede, police told CNN sister network CNN-IBN.

Many people jumped off the bridge into the river, Arya said.

The stampede occurred at a temple in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

Temple stampede leaves 89 dead in India - CNN.com

Here we go again.

actually 109 killed and not 89 :

Women, children among at least 109 killed in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede
Women, children among at least 109 killed in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede - Hindustan Times

 

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actually 109 killed and not 89 :

Women, children among at least 109 killed in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede
Women, children among at least 109 killed in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede - Hindustan Times

That goes up fast. Why don't India have better crowd control? Stampedes have happened again and again in India.

 

[Hafizzz]

That goes up fast. Why don't India have better crowd control? Stampedes have happened again and again in India.

Very hard for police to control a very large crowd.

 

[Carl Johnson]

The Sindh River...

After stealing our legacy, our name, now they steal our rivers too...

Anyways... RIP... lolz

The river Indus is called sindhu and the river mentioned here is sindh . So don't know how it is stealing !

And Indus flows through India as well

 

[Icewolf]

That goes up fast. Why don't India have better crowd control? Stampedes have happened again and again in India.

Guess the concept of brotherhood & humanity taught in the temple all fell apart when the Hindus found out the $hit had hit the fan

 

[Sugarcane]

R.I.P...........

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

Rest in Peace

Guess the concept of brotherhood & humanity taught in the temple all fell apart when the Hindus found out the $hit had hit the fan

At least we are not suicide bombing each others temples, mosques and churches left , right and center.

 

[Shabaz Sharif]

Is this the same festival where Hindus mix Ganga wáter with Indus river which run thourgh IoK? Guys have some shame, even though i feel bad for people killed but stop polluting our river. Have anyone seen state of Ganga? Indus never was important for Indian hindus anyway.

 

[ares]

Is this the same festival where Hindus mix Ganga wáter with Indus river which run thourgh IoK? Guys have some shame, even though i feel bad for people killed but stop polluting our river. Have anyone seen state of Ganga? Indus never was important for Indian hindus anyway.

Take your senile rants somewhere else..this is not the thread for it.

 

[Shabaz Sharif]

It seem the river is named Sindh but its not actually Sindh River.

Sindh River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Its Indian river named Sindh.

 

[anant_s]

BHOPAL: The Navratra festivities ended in tragedy when 110 pilgrims including women and children were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede on a bridge leading to the historic Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. It was a disastrous re-run of the 2006 stampede when more than 50 pilgrims had got washed away falling in panic into the Sindh river off the same bridge in 2006.

Eyewitnesses said over-crowding of the bridge, which is 500m long and 10m wide, caused one of its railings to snap, which led some people to shout that the bridge was collapsing. With more than a lakh of people for the pilgrimage, this set off panic with people trying to rush to safety, which caused the stampede.

Unconfirmed reports said police lathi charge to control pilgrims from jumping a queue created alarm and drove people in one direction, leading to sudden surge of people on the bridge that caused one of its railings to snap, which in turn created the panic. Sindh, a tributary of the Yamuna, is engorged with rains in past weeks and many people also fell into the river, the reason why administrative officials fear that the death toll could rise.

The bridge itself was a ghastly sight with bodies sprawled even as rescue teams from Gwalior, a mere 75-odd km away, were delayed due to battered roads and a 10-km long traffic jam. Pilgrims said there were only nine constables and a sub-inspector manning more than one lakh people along the 500-metre bridge when the stampede occurred.

"We have counted 105 bodies so far. Several pilgrims died on way to hospital. The toll may rise," said chief medical and health officer RH Gupta. Director general of police Nandan Kumar Dubey put the toll so far to "around 85". Most of the lakh-odd pilgrims in Datia, around 405 km north of Bhopal, were from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a judicial inquiry into the tragedy and Congress president Sonia Gandhi has expressed shock and anguish. The Ratangarh temple is 55 km from the Datia district headquarters.

In a huge administrative lapse, tractors and jeeps were allowed to carry pilgrims on the bridge.

Speaking to TOI, eyewitness Manoj Sharma, 28, said, "Police lathicharge worsened the crisis, forcing many to jump off the bridge." Sharma, a resident of Bhander village in Datia, was on his way to the temple along with his friends. Delaying relief work were mobs pelting stones at the police. Two cops, including a sub-divisional officer B N Basave, were assaulted by the angry crowds.

"We're yet to recover bodies from the river," said Chambal range DIG D K Arya. Chief Secretary, DGP and ADG intelligence flew to the spot on a chopper to inspect the immense damage. Senior BSP leader and former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti alleged that the collector and SP were busy with election management in Basai, 85 km from the district headquarters, and did not take steps to ensure crowd management.

A team of more than 20 doctors has left for Datia. The casualty wards of district hospitals have been vacated for the injured. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh each to the kin of those killed. Leader of opposition Ajay Singh has appealed the chief minister to increase the compensation.

Datia: A busy pilgrimage

Datia is in northern Madhya Pradesh and an ancient town that finds its earliest mention in the Mahabharata as 'Daityavakra'. The town is 75-odd km from Gwalior, 325 km south of Delhi and 405km north of Bhopal, and a thriving pilgrimage with many temples including the Sidhapeeth of Shri Peetambara Devi, Bagulamukhi Devi and Gopeshwar. Peetambara Peeth is famous as a Shaktipeeth at the entrance of Datia. This important pilgrimage is around three km from Datia railway station. Apart from the historic Dhumavati Mai temple, it also has Vankhandeshwar temple, said to be a Mahabharat period temple dedicated to Lord Shiva

110 pilgrims killed in stampede on bridge leading to Ratangarh temple in MP - The Times of India

BHOPAL: The Navratra festivities ended in tragedy when 110 pilgrims including women and children were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede on a bridge leading to the historic Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. It was a disastrous re-run of the 2006 stampede when more than 50 pilgrims had got washed away falling in panic into the Sindh river off the same bridge in 2006.

Eyewitnesses said over-crowding of the bridge, which is 500m long and 10m wide, caused one of its railings to snap, which led some people to shout that the bridge was collapsing. With more than a lakh of people for the pilgrimage, this set off panic with people trying to rush to safety, which caused the stampede.

Unconfirmed reports said police lathi charge to control pilgrims from jumping a queue created alarm and drove people in one direction, leading to sudden surge of people on the bridge that caused one of its railings to snap, which in turn created the panic. Sindh, a tributary of the Yamuna, is engorged with rains in past weeks and many people also fell into the river, the reason why administrative officials fear that the death toll could rise.

The bridge itself was a ghastly sight with bodies sprawled even as rescue teams from Gwalior, a mere 75-odd km away, were delayed due to battered roads and a 10-km long traffic jam. Pilgrims said there were only nine constables and a sub-inspector manning more than one lakh people along the 500-metre bridge when the stampede occurred.

"We have counted 105 bodies so far. Several pilgrims died on way to hospital. The toll may rise," said chief medical and health officer RH Gupta. Director general of police Nandan Kumar Dubey put the toll so far to "around 85". Most of the lakh-odd pilgrims in Datia, around 405 km north of Bhopal, were from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ordered a judicial inquiry into the tragedy and Congress president Sonia Gandhi has expressed shock and anguish. The Ratangarh temple is 55 km from the Datia district headquarters.

In a huge administrative lapse, tractors and jeeps were allowed to carry pilgrims on the bridge.

Speaking to TOI, eyewitness Manoj Sharma, 28, said, "Police lathicharge worsened the crisis, forcing many to jump off the bridge." Sharma, a resident of Bhander village in Datia, was on his way to the temple along with his friends. Delaying relief work were mobs pelting stones at the police. Two cops, including a sub-divisional officer B N Basave, were assaulted by the angry crowds.

"We're yet to recover bodies from the river," said Chambal range DIG D K Arya. Chief Secretary, DGP and ADG intelligence flew to the spot on a chopper to inspect the immense damage. Senior BSP leader and former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti alleged that the collector and SP were busy with election management in Basai, 85 km from the district headquarters, and did not take steps to ensure crowd management.

A team of more than 20 doctors has left for Datia. The casualty wards of district hospitals have been vacated for the injured. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh each to the kin of those killed. Leader of opposition Ajay Singh has appealed the chief minister to increase the compensation.

Datia: A busy pilgrimage

Datia is in northern Madhya Pradesh and an ancient town that finds its earliest mention in the Mahabharata as 'Daityavakra'. The town is 75-odd km from Gwalior, 325 km south of Delhi and 405km north of Bhopal, and a thriving pilgrimage with many temples including the Sidhapeeth of Shri Peetambara Devi, Bagulamukhi Devi and Gopeshwar. Peetambara Peeth is famous as a Shaktipeeth at the entrance of Datia. This important pilgrimage is around three km from Datia railway station. Apart from the historic Dhumavati Mai temple, it also has Vankhandeshwar temple, said to be a Mahabharat period temple dedicated to Lord Shiva

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/110-pilgrims-killed-in-stampede-on-bridge-leading-to-Ratangarh-temple-in-MP/articleshow/24110208.cms

 

[HariPrasad]

110 pilgrims killed in stampede on bridge leading to Ratangarh temple in MP - The Times of India

110 pilgrims killed in stampede on bridge leading to Ratangarh temple in MP - The Times of India

Rest in peace my beloved Pilgrims.

We need to put in place a robust crowd management system.

 

[Spring Onion]

Already posted.
yesterday
http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/283037-over-50-killed-indian-temple-stampede-mp.html

All those members who are settling scores here kindly refrain.

Its a human tragedy and we must respect the victims. Innocent people killed by romours and stupidity of other human.


RIP