Fifteen people were killed in Stampede on Saturday at New Delhi’s main train station, while the pilgrim’s crushing was trying to pass to the huge Hindu festival in northern India, the official said.
Chief Minister of the Delhi, Atishi, who uses one name, told reporters outside the hospital in the capital that 15 people were injured in Stampede, with 15 killed, according to reports of Indian media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences to the dead Ua statement On social media, adding that the authorities “helped all those who influenced this stampede.” Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, said the investigation has been ordered.
Before Stamped, the crowds at the train station were swollen because the trains for the festival, Kumbh Mela, were delayed, according to the reports of local media. The Ministry of Railways said that later led additional trains alleviate sympathy.
Kumbh Mela, which began in mid -January and will end at the end of this month, is the biggest religious gathering in the world. More than 400 million people are expected to attract over six weeks, according to the Government estimates.
The festival takes place every three years in one of four cities in India. This year’s event is held in Moyagraj, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet. Hindus believes that the third, mythical Rijeka called Saraswati joins the other two there in the holy mouth. The devoted to bathe in holy waters in the belief that they wash sins.
The event of this year, called the Kumbh Maha, or the Great Kumbh, is greater than usual, because it coincides with the heavenly alignment that takes place once in 144.
Management of huge crowds participating in the festival is the main challenge for the Indian government.
Last month 30 pilgrims died in Stamped As they rushed to bathe. In 2013, the last time Molagraj hosted an event, 42 people were killed in Stamped at a train station there. Ten years before that, in the western city of Nasik, 39 devotees were demolished in the alley.
In 1954, during the first Kumbh Mela of India, seven years earlier, hundreds of pilgrims died in Stamped.
