NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede injured dozens of individuals early Wednesday as tens of hundreds of Hindus rushed to take a holy tub within the river on the huge Maha Kumbh competition in northern India , native media reported.
NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede injured dozens of individuals early Wednesday as tens of hundreds of Hindus rushed to take a holy tub within the river on the huge Maha Kumbh competition in northern India, native media reported.
Photographs from the scene within the northern metropolis of Prayagraj confirmed rescuers serving to the injured as police tried to handle the large crowds.
It was not instantly clear what triggered the panic on the competition the place devotees from throughout India had congregated to wash on the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the legendary Saraswati rivers. Press Belief of India cited authorities who stated injured individuals had been despatched to a hospital.
The Maha Kumbh competition, held each 12 years, began on Jan. 13 and is the world’s largest non secular gathering. Authorities count on greater than 400 million individuals to throng the pilgrimage website in whole over the following six weeks.
To accommodate tens of hundreds of holy males, pilgrims and vacationers visiting the competition, authorities have constructed a sprawling tent metropolis on the riverbanks. It’s outfitted with 3,000 kitchens and 150,000 bathrooms and in addition has roads, electrical energy and water, communication towers and 11 hospitals.
About 50,000 safety personnel are stationed within the metropolis to keep up regulation and order and handle crowds. Stampedes are comparatively widespread round Indian non secular festivals, the place giant crowds collect in small areas.
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