There have been several reported killed in demolition at the Indian religious festival of Mahakumbh | News about religion

The demolition of the crowd happened at the world’s largest religious event, attended by hundreds of millions of people.

More than seven people – and maybe even 15 – were killed and much more injured, in the crowd at the world’s largest Religious festival In northern India, according to reports.

Witnesses counted several bodies, and a doctor at the festival town in Moyagraj in Uttar Pradesh told AFP news agency that 15 people were killed on Wednesday morning in demolition near the river coast.

“More than seven people were killed in Stamped and about 10 other injured,” said the clerk, who did not want to be appointed because he was not authorized to talk to the media, he told the Reuters news agency.

The footage of the rescue teams that carried the victims away from the religious place showed clothes, shoes and other discarded things torn all over the soil, while police wore a stretcher wearing the victims of the stacked blankets to waiting.

The final number of deaths has yet to be confirmed, and the relatives of the injured victims were eagerly awaiting news outside the large tent, which served as a deliberately built hospital for the festival approximately a kilometer (half mile) from the scene of the accident.

The power of the fast action (RAF) – a special unit called during the crisis – was deployed to the area to put the situation under control, and in the course of the rescue, the officials said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and gave “instructions to normalize the situation and relief,” Ana news agency reports.

Mahakumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, is the biggest turning point at the Hindu religious calendar, and up to 400 million pilgrims were expected to visit the last day of the Festival on February 26.

The festival is held at the site of 10,000 hectares (4,046 hectares) where the improvised tents were built for the accommodation of pilgrims. On Wednesday, one of the most holy days is celebrated at the six -week festival, with holy people who were supposed to run pilgrims in the procession that are removed in the star at the mouth of the Ganges River and Yamuna in Moyagraj.

Loudhailler officials called the pilgrims to stick to the water as Crush started in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“We humbly ask that not everyone comes to the main place to swim,” said one employee of the festival, and his voice broke through his megaphone. “Please cooperate with security staff.”

Held every 12 years at four locations – Molagraj, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain – Hindus believe that the festival is an opportunity to wash their sins while gathering on the shores of the holy rivers to participate in the day of ritual swimming.

The deadly crowds regularly collapse on Indian religious festivals, and MahakumbH – often called simply kumbh – boasts a gloomy record record for deadly incidents.

More than 400 people died in one day of the 1954 festival after being killed or drowned, in what remained one of the most deadly such incidents.

Another 36 people were demolished until his death in 2013 – the last time the festival was stored in Moyagraj.

Police set up hundreds of cameras this year at the festival site and on the roads leading to the camp, and the control center should have warned the staff if the pile parts become too thick and represent a safety threat.