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40 Dead In Stampede As 100m People Gather For Hindu Festival In India
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/40-dead-in-stampede-as-100m-people-gather-for-hindu-festival-in-india/29/01/2025/
#Breaking News #Ganges #India #Mahakumbh2025 #Modi #Narendra #Pradesh #Prayagraj #Saraswati #Uttar #Varanasi #Yamuna #YogiAdityanath ©January 29th, 2025 Over 40 persons have been reported dead in a stampede that occurred early morning night on Wednesday at Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu religious festival that holds once in 12 years, that is touted to be the largest human gathering in the world with over 100 million people estimated to have gathered to bathe in the holy river waters in India. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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over 40 persons have been reported dead
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in a stamping that occurred early
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morning night on Wednesday at Maha Kum
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Mela a Hindu religious Festival that
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holds once in 12 years that is doubted
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to be the largest human gathering in the
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world with over 100 million people
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estimated to have gathered to belt in
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the Holy river waters in India
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international news agencies reported
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that nearly 40 people were killed in
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India's Northern State of UT prades on
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Wednesday and several others injured in
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a pre-done or early morning night
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Stampede at the Maha Kung Mela according
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to Residents the Maha Kung Mela takes
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place every 12 years in the Indian city
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of prayag about 90 Mi west of the holy
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city of Varanasi in utar Pradesh when an
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estimated 100 million people gather to
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build in holy river waters at the
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Confluence of the ganes the yamuna and
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the sarasu rivers it was gathered that a
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large number of people began descending
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upon PRI gr on Tuesday evening as the
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most auspicious day of the festival
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which saw almost 200 million attendees
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in its first two weeks visited the city
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for the Hindu festival rers reported
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that the Stampede occurred between 1:00
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a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday as tens
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of millions gathered at the Confluence
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of holy rivers in Prior gr City to take
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a holy day in the waters on the
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festival's most auspicious day the
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stamped occurred when several devotees
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tried to jump the barricades SP up to
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manage the crowds during the atics holy
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de officials said some witnesses spoke
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of roads to the water being closed
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bringing the large crowd to a standstill
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and causing some people to collapse due
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to Suffocation While others began
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pushing pulling and climbing over them
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in an effort to escape according to
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routers at least nearly 40 people were
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confounded dead and several others
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injured in a crowd Crush at the Maha m
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in Northern India as tens of millions
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gathered to take the holy deep on the
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most auspicious day of the six week
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Hindu festival we learned that India
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officials deployed a special crisis unit
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for rescue efforts while prime minister
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Narendra Modi directed authorities to
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ensure relief marges drun footage
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postered online captured massive crowds
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as tens of millions of Hindus arrived to
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take ritual birs in the sacred Rivers
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authorities have confirmed 40 deaths
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with the allll expected to rise as many
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victims remain
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unidentified Witnesses described sins of
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chaos as people were crushed and
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trampled in the overwhelming surch
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toward the river banks according to
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Media reporters at the scene of the
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event some media reported that the
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tragedy underscores the immense scale of
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the festival which was anticipated to
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attract over 100 million people with
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more than 50 million already partaking
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in the sacred ritual the day before
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despite enhanced security measures
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including air ey powered surveillance
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and drones the share number of people's
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strength crowd control systems this
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devastating incident serves as a St
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reminder of the risks posed by such
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massive Gatherings with previous crowd
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related fatalities at similar events in
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India rors also reported that more than
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57 million people had taken a deep by 4
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p.m. local time on word alone officials
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said and although the situation was
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eventually brought under control the
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crowd remained massive additional
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security has been deployed including a
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special police unit Trend to manage
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crisis situations and police are
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regulating entry into the city to
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control the crowd authorities also
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streamlined the rituals on Wednesday
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facilitating leps for devotees fast with
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athetics starting their procession
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which took place on a smaller scale than
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planned only after the number of other
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attendees had come down prades CM Yogi
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ad in a video statement said within some
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time of the incident a green Corridor
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was created and injured were rushed to
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the hospital unfortunately these deaths
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have happened on all these issues
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questions will be raised the inured who
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have been discharged have left with
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their family members this was the men
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land of kung and due to immense pressure
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large number of devotees in Prior Roots
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were choked the administration was
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making attempts since last night to
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clear those roots after this incident
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aaras postponed the am sandale on the
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request of the M Administration which
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was supposed to begin at 4:00 a.m. AR s
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began in the afternoon in which all the
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akaras participated in it News Network
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also reported that authorities have
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built a gigantic Tent City on the banks
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of the rivers to accommodate the
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millions of pilgrims and tourists
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attending the festival equipped with
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3,000 kitchens
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150,000 toilets roads electricity water
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communication towers and 11 hospitals
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according to the associated pra local
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media reported that an estimated 50,000
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security Personnel are also stationed in
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the city to help keep the peace as well
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as manage the tens of millions of people
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in the crowds Indian Prime Minister
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Narendra Modi called the incident
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extremely sad and extended his
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condolences to those affected my deepest
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condolences to the devotees who have
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lost their loved ones along with this I
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wish for the speedy recovery of all the
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injured money said in a post on X money
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added that he is in touch with his chief
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minister and other related authorities
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regarding the
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incident as are bringing you the news in
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