Local officials at the scene have said that local officials have said that dozens of people have been killed in a crowd of crowds at the Kambha Mela Festival in India, when a huge crowd of people at a Hindu gathering site. I went to bathe.
On Wednesday morning, people were crushed in three separate areas at the sacred junction of Ganga, Yamona and Purniak Saraswati rivers. It seems that people are moving in groups of people who were sitting on the banks of the rivers or lying on the ground.
It is expected that more than 400 million people, the largest crowd of this year, will attend this year’s festivals, which will be held for more than 45 days in the pro -thunderstorm in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Local officials are expected to count at least 38 dead in the tents at the hospital, but other officials and doctors have given groups of 15 to 50 casualties. The government has not yet given official data on the scale of crushing.
At the scene, a paramilitary officer said: “There were several stamps. At least 200 were injured and I would say about 50 dead. I saw them with my own eyes.
A doctor in the Pro -Gorge told AFP that he knows that at least 15 people are still known about being killed, but other local officials have said that the number of casualties is high.
Amidst scenes of frustration in nearby hospitals where injured and dead, shoes and clothes can be seen stuck all over the ground.
Narayan Singh Lodhi, 50, from Madhya Pradesh, said his sister died in crushing her brother Lodhi. He has three children.
“We were very close to the river and was a huge push. People from opposite directions started to go to each other and collide and then pushed each other, and tried to find their way.
“I saw people falling to the ground and screaming, and people started walking over each other. I tried to save more people but I could just catch my wife and another woman I saw about 20 bodies that were clearly crushed on the floor.
In the expectation of a Wednesday crowd, the government called on people on Tuesday night to enter the water, sink twice and then leave the site immediately, and declared it a sin for a third.
Manoj Kumar Paswan 45, from Uttar Pradesh, said that his 65 -year -old Aunty Chinara was missing. “We were close to the confluence [river] And wanted to bathe. But before we could enter the water, there was an uproar and people started to fall on each other. We were three people, my mother and my grandmother. There was a sudden push that was so forceful that I could only catch one person but I lost my grandmother’s hand. I somehow managed to catch my mother and we dragged ourselves.
“I went back to search for my aunt, but I couldn’t see him anywhere. It was a very traumatic and horrible experience, people around them were crying and crying. More than a dozen people were on the floor. There were children, and people were just being trapped on them.
Saroj Bhagri, 60, from Madhya Pradesh, was looking for his eight -year -old grandson, Chahat Bhagi.
“We arrived last night and went to take a bath in the river late at night. After that we were sitting near the river. Suddenly people started pushing and falling on us and began to trap us. I got up and I was holding his hands but then I was pushed and when I was crushed, he entered me.
When I got up, I could not see it and people were running away and screaming. When I woke up, he was gone. There were people lying on the floor. She’s just a little boy “
The Kambha Mela pilgrimage occurs every 12 years and is widely seen as a “festival of festivals” in Hindu religious piety in India, which was attended by a dynamic compound. Simple Or holy men, sensations, pilgrims and tourists.
This year’s celebration is especially important because the Maha or Grand Kambhah festival is only every 144 years, with the 12th Kambha Fair and a special heavenly alignment of the sun, moon and Jupiter.
