RE: Stampede near Indian temple leaves 91 dead, 100 injured

 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! 

 

 

RE: Cyclone Happening in India, Killing 17 People

 News on the 13 October 2013, Sunday in MyPaper Singapore:

Cyclone Phailin left a trail of destruction along India’s east coast and at least 17 people dead yesterday. As emergency teams began assessing damage from the country’s biggest cyclone in 14 years, a massive relief effort went into full swing to distribute food to an estimated one million  evacuees, clear roads and help the injured. 

Most of the local population spent the night huddled in shelters and public buildings, as deafening winds flattened flimsy homes, uprooted trees and sent glass and asbestos strips flying through the air. The worst affected area around the town of Gopalpur in Orissa , where the eye of Phailin, packing winds of 200kmh, came ashore remained cut off,  with emergency services rushing to reach it. The storm destroyed hundreds of millions of dollar’s worth the crops.

But, more than 20 hours after it made landfall in Orissa state, the authorities said they knew of only 17 fatalities. “Damage to property is extensive” said Mr Amitabh Thakur, the top police officer  in the Orissa district worst -hit by the cyclone. “But few lives have been lost.” 

More than 8,000 people were killed in 1999 when cyclone hit the same region. This time round, a massive evacuation operation, which officials said was the biggest in Indian history, appeared to have succeeded in minimizing casualties. Meanwhile, in the Philippines, Typhoon Nari, the 19th storm to hit the disaster-prone country, tore into the country’s north-east coast early on Saturday. 

Thirteen people were killed as the storm ripped off roofs of homes and buildings, toppling trees and triggering flash floods and landslides before blowing away into the South China sea. AFP,AP

From my point of view from the above news, as cases like this whereby thousand had gone through viral worst case scenario a very sad tragic to people that had met with an accident. Some still can manage to survive during the typhoon or floods that just crash and landed their home in pieces or broken into some hard rocks or even on the roads and that’s where amounts of vehicle been hit by it and die in tragic misery. As i know that certain amount of people in their country had to evacuate from where they are standing and never look back. As some knows that once their closest ones had die..they had to move on and try surviving as much as possible. Well if i were in their shoes..i too would evacuate to a save better place to lived in. I feel their pain as how sad and how tragic and how scary when this happen without warning bad accident happens. So people if there’s ever a day a scary thing happen to you in just a fine weather and suddenly a biggest harsh moment come crashing into your country..do run for your lives if you still can manage to save someone’s lives that is if that is still possible than do it. If it’s impossible to save somebody, then do save yourself and run as far as possible till you reach your destination!  Well that’s about it for today, stay safe and stay alert! Thanks for reading!