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At least 38 people and as many as 100 are feared to have died in crushes in the early hours of Wednesday, local officials have said, as people went to bathe in a river as part of a Hindu ritual.
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People were crushed at about 4am on Wednesday as people surged forward in three separate areas at the confluence of the rivers in the city of Prayagraj which is the holiest place to bathe.
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The scale of the tragedy is still unclear but we will bring you the latest news as we have it.
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Hannah Ellis Petersen
The semi -military officer on the site said, “There were multiple stampeds. At least 200 people were injured and about 50 people died. I saw them with their own eyes.”
The government has not yet given an official number.
One doctor told AFP that at least 15 people have been known to be killed by the crowd crushing.
“At least 15 people have died so far. Prayagraj CITY doctors have been discussing anonymity because they are not allowed to talk to the media.
Other local officials say that the number of deaths is even higher. When we have them, we will bring you more updates.
Hannah Ellis Petersen
Currently, there are very heavy police and semi -military presence, but the crowd here is still very thick.
There are shoes and clothes on the entire floor where the crowds are crushed.
A harassment, the sacred sect of Sadu (the sacred people), is scheduled to start around 4:00 am and officially canceled today's bathing.
#clock | #MAHAKUMBH | PRAYAGRAJ, Uttar Pradesh: “Panchayati Mahanirvani” several “Devta” has progressed. The situation does not seem to be appropriate for the large number of crowds. pic.twitter.com/0vnzvw0tyd
-Ani (@ani) January 29, 2025
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#clock | #MAHAKUMBH | PRAYAGRAJ, Uttar Pradesh: “Panchayati Mahanirvani” several “Devta” has progressed. The situation does not seem to be appropriate for the large number of crowds. pic.twitter.com/0vnzvw0tyd
-Ani (@ani) January 29, 2025
Hannah Ellis Petersen
On Tuesday night, the government told the people to enter the water, soak them twice and immediately leave the site, and they wanted to keep people very quickly away from the site. Was called a sin.
Hannah Ellis Petersen
Despite the crushing words, many crowds are still immersed in the river.
January 29 is one of the sacred days of Kumbh Mela. It's a day when most people take a sacred bath.
It was expected that hundreds of millions of people would come, but it seems that the government expectations have exceeded. For the past 24 hours, people have arrived non -stop.
The photos also come out of the scene, indicating that the rescue workers have an ambulance and the injured pilgrim.
Times of India reports that ambulances are in a hurry to the site. PrayagrajThe hometown of the sacred junction of the Ganges River, Yamuna, and the myths of the Saraswati River.
“Some people were injured and were hospitalized after the barriers were broken by Sangham. [confluence]。 We have no accurate count of the injured, “he said in his dissertation.
“We were 60 batches on two buses. There were nine groups. Suddenly, we were trapped in the crowd. Many of us collapsed and the crowd was controlled. He didn't, “said a woman that the injured was taken from outside the hospital to a PTI video.
“I didn't have the opportunity to escape. I was pushed out from every aspect.
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Hello, welcome to the Guardian's live coverage, a deadly crowd at the Kumbh Mela Festival in India.
Local officials were afraid that at least 38 and 100 people had died in a crash early on Wednesday, so local officials went to take a bath in the river as part of the Hindu ritual. The official said.
People were crushed around 4 am on Wednesday. People went forward in three different areas at the junction of the river in Praya Grage, the sacred place to take a bath.
The size of the tragedy is still unknown, but we will deliver the latest news as we have.
