India's record on stampedes is bleak. Even with repeated occurrences and deaths, there has been no significant shift in the public administration’s approach to crowd control.
Sangeeta Malik (34) was headed to Maha Kumbh with friends, while Suruchi (11) and Baby Kumari were travelling to Prayagraj with relatives when they were caught in stampede at NDLS.
Relatives had to fight, argue with security and hospital staff to be near their loved ones, collect bodies. Two-member Railways committee to probe NDLS stampede.
NDLS crush echoes of another stampede from 12 yrs ago at Allahabad (now Prayagraj) railway station, on busiest day of Kumbh. ThePrint looks at similar tragedies from last 2 decades.
At least 18, including 5 minors, lost their lives in NDLS stampede. Eyewitnesses recall seeing people getting crushed under weight of the crowd as panic spread through the platform.
Victims were rushed to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital, where medical teams provided emergency care. Heavy police deployment was ordered at the hospital.
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All money for socialism and corruption, no money for urban infrastructure.. Jawaharlal Nehru made India ill with socialism. All Indian politicians are diseased with socialism.
Recurring landslide Congress Losses shows that there is something drastically wrong with the Congress and Senate suspect that insiders like Shri Gandhi are acting as effective moles for the BJp
All money for socialism and corruption, no money for urban infrastructure.. Jawaharlal Nehru made India ill with socialism. All Indian politicians are diseased with socialism.
Recurring landslide Congress Losses shows that there is something drastically wrong with the Congress and Senate suspect that insiders like Shri Gandhi are acting as effective moles for the BJp