News on Monday, 14 October 2013 in TODAY newspaper:
New Delhi – At least 91 people, including women and children, were killed and over 100 injured in a stampede near a temple in central India where about half a million devotees had converged for a Hindu festival. Rumors that a bridge they were crossing was about to collapse triggered panic, causing the worst tragedy in 2 years as many jumped into the river to their deaths.
About 25,000 were crossing the bridge at the time of the incident and they were on their way to the Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, said Mr DK Arya, the state’s Deputy Inspector-General of Police. Television images showed bodies and clothes strewn on the bridge as relatives tried to identify the victims. 10 of the injured were in a serious condition, Mr Arya said, suggesting the death toll may climb. Police wielding sticks had charged the crowd in an effort to contain the panic, Mr Arya said. People retaliated by hurling stones at officers and one officer was badly injured.
Local media said some 500,000 people had gone to the remote temple to honor the Hindu Mother goddess Durga on the last day of the popular 10 day Navaratra festival. The state has ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident. Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the leader of ruling Congress Party, expressed “shock and deep anguish over the tragic incident”, according to a party statement. Stampedes during mass gatherings are common in the country with a population of more than 1.2 billion. Government data show about 102 people were killed previously in January 2011 same DejaVu at a Hindu shrine in the southern state of Kerala. A crowd surge at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 people in February as Hindu devotees, drawn by one of the holiest days of the world’s largest religious gathering, rushed to board trains. AGENCIES
From my point of view, i know that each any years goes by..there’s always people will be crashing and in a tragic accident that none will ever survive through this nightmare. As for what i know they will beg for mercy from their God/Goddess seeking for help to save them from this madness..and also because they had lost their family, friends or love ones. As if this keep going on nothing will change..if God/Goddess is not listening to their prayers then there be something wrong with it. It will be like there be Doomsday in their lives. But what i only hope that and what we could do for these people is that we pray for their safety and happiness and good health. I really hope the Heaven’s will guide and help them and forgive them too.. that’s all for today! Thank you for reading!
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