Mahakumbh Stampede Live Updates: PM Modi dials UP CM Adityanath as several feared dead ahead of holy dip
Mahakumbh Stampede Live Updates: A number of devotees are are feared dead and many others injured after a stampede broke out at Sangam in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj as thousands turned up for a holy dip in the Ganga river on the occasion of ‘Mauni Amavasya’ during the on going Mahakumbh in the wee hours of January 29.The official number of causalities could not be ascertained even as administration scrambled to control crowd that thronged the ghats and the Triveni Sangam on Mauni Amavasya, the day of 'second Shahi snan' at the Mahakumbh Mela.Administration said that ambulances have been rushed to the ghat and injured persons were taken to the central hospital inside the Mela ground for treatment. Several people injured in the stampede were brought dead to the hospital, unconfirmed the reports said.
“On the Sangam routes, a stampede-like situation arose after some barriers broke. Some people have been injured.
They are under treatment. It is not a serious situation," Special Executive Officer Akanksha Rana told news agency ANI.The mega event at the Mahakumbh Mela at the Triveni Sangam, billed as the largest human gathering on earth, began on January 13 inUttar Pradesh’s PrayagrajThe Mahakumbh concludes on February 26.Mahakumbh Stampede Live: General Secretary of Akhada Parishad and patron of Juna Akhara urged people to stay calm and take bath in the Ganga wherever they are.
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