At least 150 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, the state government says. More than 150 people were injured, many seriously, in the crush at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur. A wall near the temple is said to have collapsed, causing panic among thousands of devotees marking the start of the Hindu Navaratra festival. There have been a number of recent deadly stampedes at Indian temples. The BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Delhi says this is the fourth time this year that lives had been lost - probably needlessly - during a stampede at a religious festival in India. He says crowd control at such events is usually rudimentary and the police simply not trained in effective crowd management. Last month 140 pilgrims were killed in a stampede at a mountain temple in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. 'Still buried' The Chamunda Devi temple is inside the huge 15th Century Mehrangarh Fort, high above Jodhpur's "blue city". It is popular with tourists and local people - particularly at this time, the start of the nine-day festival of Navaratra. Before dawn, thousands of people had made their way to the hill-top temple overlooking the city. It is not entirely clear why the stampede happened, but something triggered panic among men queuing in the narrow lane leading to the temple. Hundreds rushed down the hill crushing those waiting at the bottom. "People were falling over one another. Many ran but were trampled under the feet of thousands," one witness, Anubhav, told Reuters news agency. An official in Jodhpur said the collapse of a wall on the narrow path leading to the temple caused people to flee. "People are still buried under the wall. We are pulling them out," the official, Kiran Soni Gupta, told AFP news agency. Rajasthan's Home Secretary SN Thanvi said: "The stampede began when people lost their footing and set off a chain reaction." Television footage showed dozens of injured littering the streets. With no first aid available at the scene, people tried desperately to resuscitate the unconscious as others scooped up bodies and took them to hospital. "When I arrived, I saw chaos, people running around the place. I was looking for my friend and after a while found him," local student Manish said. News Reporter.. "He was unconscious but without serious injuries." The authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident.
Again? Man this is serious. Authorities need to get proper training to this kind of events, otherwise we'll see this happenings again and again. Sad day.
Oops!!! Again the same tragedy. Nowadays India is not at all concentrating on crowd maintenance. I don't know why?
if i remember correctly, someone gave a false alarm of a bomb or something and everyone started panicing?
lol stupid motherfuckers. social conditioning is a bitch. this world is stupid and boring - i wish i was born a couple hundred years in the future.
Really bad times... problems one after the other...recently we had bomb attacks in major cities and now this happening...too many precious life's being lost everyday...
These things are happening again and again. And, the government always come after the event for rescue.