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A doctor has told news agency AFP that at least 15 people have been killed in crowds so far.
“At least 15 people have been killed for now. Treatment is being done with other people, ”The doctor in Prayagraj City said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
Other local officials have said that the toll of death is even more. When we are with them, we will bring you more updates.
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Now there is a very heavy police and paramilitary attendance but the crowd here is still very thick.
The scene has shoes and clothes on the entire floor where the crowd was crushed.
Akhar, the holy sect of the monk (holy people), has officially canceled his bath today, which was about to start around 4 am:
#Watch , #MAHAKUMBH Prevention, Uttar Pradesh: Some ‘gods’ of Panchayati Mahanarwani moved forward. The situation did not look suitable due to the large crowd. That’s why Akhara has stopped the ‘snin’ for the Mahamandaleshwar … ” pic.twitter.com/0VNZVW0TYD
– Year (@ani) January 29, 2025
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The government was announcing on Tuesday night that people get into the water, sink twice and leave the site immediately, calling it a sin to take a third dip as they wanted to remove people from the site so soon.
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Despite the spread of crush, the large crowd is still moving towards the river to take a dip.
29 January is one of the holiest days of Kumbh Mela. This is the day when most people will come to take a holy bath.
Hundreds of crore people were expected to come, but it seems that the number has also increased what the government expected. People are coming non-stop in the last 24 hours.
Pictures are also emerging from the scene, in which ambulances and injured pilgrims are being removed by rescue workers:
Times of India reports that ambulances have reached the spot Click Download to save PrayagrajThe house of the holy confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythological Saraswati rivers.
“Some people have been injured and have been hospitalized after breaking a barrier at the confluence. [confluence]We do not yet have an accurate count of those injured, ”an officer was quoted by paper.
“We came in a batch of 60 people in two buses, we had nine people in the group. Suddenly it was pushing into the crowd, and we got trapped. Many of us fell and the crowd became uncontrolled, ”a woman told PTI video from outside the hospital where the injured were taken.
“There was no chance to escape, it was pushed from all sides.
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Welcome to Namaskar and live coverage of the Guardian of Deadly Crude Crush at Namaskar and Kumbh Mela Festival in India.
At least 38 people and more than 100 fear that there is a possibility of dying in a crush in the early hours of Wednesday, local authorities have said, because people went to bathe in a river as part of the Hindu rituals. Were.
People were crushed at around 4 pm on Wednesday as people moved forward in three separate areas at the confluence of rivers in the city of Shradragraj, which is the most sacred place to bathe.
The scale of the tragedy is still not clear, but we will bring you the latest news as we have.