Reports of second stampede in Mahakumbh emerge; Mela authorities deny
LUCKNOW: Amid Mauni Amavasya tragic stampede at the Sangam Ghat claiming 30 lives and leaving 60 injured, reports have ...
A second crush 3km away claimed 7 lives
The crush led to seven devotees, including three women and a three-year-old child, losing their lives, while over a dozen ...
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Maha Kumbh and the lessons in crowd management
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‘Crowd kept surging at Maha Kumbh’: In MP, a daughter who couldn’t save her mother & a brother who struggled to get back sibling’s body
The crush, which occurred during ‘Amrit Snan’ on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya’ killed 30 people, including three from Madhya Pradesh: Hukum Lodhi and Sheila Soni from Chhatarpur and Umesh Sarathe ...
The science is clear, crowd disasters are preventable
Event planners and local governments can take relatively easy steps to nearly eliminate the risk of crowd crush ...
Faithful millions carry on ‘holy dip’ after deadly crush
Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died ...
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Survivors of India festival stampede recount deadly crush
Hindu pilgrim Parvati Gupta braved jostling crowds to be at the world’s largest religious festival in India but will leave ...
India’s BJP comes under fire for pilgrims’ deaths at Maha Kumbh Mela festival
About 400 million visitors are expected in Prayagraj for the six-week festival, which began on Jan 13. Read more at straitstimes.com.