BBC News, Mumbai
The families of people who were killed this week at a large religious festival in northern India mourn their loss and wait for the bodies to return their relatives home.
At least 30 people died On Wednesday at Kumbh Mela on Wednesday, which was one of the most holy days of the six -week Hindu festival.
The incident happened in the town of Moyagraj near Sangama, a favorable place for the meeting of St. Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Rivers of Saraswati, where the bhakt is being droked up.
The festival, charged as the greatest gathering of humanity, attracts tens of millions of pilgrims from all over the world.
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Fruing allegedly happened after a pilgrimage of pilgrims pierced toward Sangamo, which crossed the Bhakt that slept near the river coast.
The watches blamed the police and festival authorities for the bad measures to control the crowds and not make the appropriate space for the pilgrims to move to their destinations.
The Government in the State of Uttar Pradesh has launched a court investigation of the incident.
In the meantime, the victims’ families mourn the loss of their loved ones, and some say that many of their questions remain unanswered. Others are still waiting for news of their relatives.
Kaikeyi Devi, who traveled with his wife from the state of Bihar to attend Kumbh Mela, says he can’t shake off the picture to be tortured before his eyes.
“He was drawn into chaos and we started crying …” Let him free! Let it be! We are here! “… but never came [back]”Mrs. Devi told Reuters news agency as she waited in front of the morgue in Moyagraj to collect her husband’s body.
Taposh Roy, a resident of the Assam state who lost his brother in The Crush, recounts delay in getting help from the authorities.
“He was lying there for a long time because there was no ambulance to take him to the hospital. The police said we were going to wear him for ourselves, but they told us we were waiting. When the police took him, we couldn’t go with him,” Mr. Roy told Indian Express newspaper.
It was also the experience of Tarun Bosa from the State of Western Bengal, who lost his relatives in Crus.
“The authorities failed to save her, and the police managed to draw her body only after an hour and a half. There were no police officers during the accident,” he told the AFP news agency.
Deepak Hattarwat of the State of Karnataka mourns his wife and daughter’s loss. He did not travel to the festival and says that he learned of their death only a day later, and from a colleague of passengers in their group.
“We planned it [the daughter’s] wedding. What should I do and who should I live for now? “Mr. Hattarwat told the Indian Express newspaper.
In the meantime, some say they are still looking for their loved ones, more than 48 hours after the incident happened.
Mano Kumar Sahni of Bihar told Reuters news agency that he was desperately sought by his missing father.
“I’ve been looking for him since the last three days. I went to the hospital, but I didn’t find him. We also searched at the train station and the bus stop, but we didn’t find him,” he said.
From the incident, the authorities increased security measures at the festival, and also banned vehicles to enter Mela based until February 4th. The next favorable day of swimming is Monday, when the festival is expected to be witnessing huge crowds.
