30 people died in a crash at the Indian Kumbumera Festival

Authorities say that at least 30 people have been killed at the world’s largest religious rally, Kumbu Mela, a Hindu Festival in northern India.

The incident took place early on Wednesday, when a believer on the riverbank of Prayagraji was in a hurry to participate in a sacred day for bathing in rituals.

Police said that 60 were injured. Most of the day needs the official victims to appear, and the authorities have urged the authorities to blame the lack of transparency.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed a pathetic DOL to those who lost their loved ones. Many pilgrims are still looking for the news of parents and friends.

Police said 90 injured people were taken to the hospital. “Unfortunately, 30 of them have died,” a senior police officer Vaibhav Krishna said at a press conference on Wednesday evening.

He said that 25 dead were identified.

Earlier that day, the BBC reporter witnessed a confusion scene where clothes, shoes, blankets, and backpacks were scattered on the ground because the crowd tried to escape from the accident.

“People were in all directions,” said the witness, Aisha Michula, to the BBC. “They were overwhelmed and fallen. The children were crushed by the crowd.”

The video and photos of the scene show the people on the ground, the wounded body and face covered with mud. Some were carried by stretcher to enter and exit the vast tent city installed for the event.

For hours, there was a confusion about the number of people who died or injured.

The main hospitals were blocked and reporters were banned. Yogi Aditijanas, Pradesh’s Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh -Prahaglaj, who said seriously, but did not mention death.

Prime Minister Modi acknowledged that he had a dead, but did not say how many.

“We want all the injured people to recover the prompt recovery,” he said in X’s post, “very sad.”

According to government numbers, the news of the accident rarely reminds the crowds of the venue.

Kumbh Mela is held every 12 years at Sangam, the junction of the three sacred rivers, -Gangs’ River (Ganga), Yamuna, and Saraswati on myths. The Hindu believes that bathing in the sacred sea will purify them and help them get help.

The sacred bath is the main draw, but this event is also a vibrant carnival of religion, gathering for all occupations, including abstinent, politicians, and celebrities.

The nationwide and world crowds have arrived on January 13 and have arrived at Prayagraj to participate in the festival that continues until February 26. Some have come alone, while others have come with children and the elderly.

Wednesday is the biggest and most important bathing day of the festival, and authorities estimate up to 100 million crowds. It is also Shahi Snan or the day of the royal bath. This is where thousands of ashes painted in the river are jumping in.

By the evening of Tuesday, the crowd had already begun to swell, and the air of delight was swallowing the venue. The EC believer sang and danced in a large, colorful matrix. And the people were looking forward to dip the next morning.

However, the celebration quickly turned into a fear moment.

The crash news was broken first between 01:00 and 02:00 local time (19: 30-20:30 GMT) when many ambulances enter the venue.

Witnesses told the BBC that when the crowd rose to them, they were sleeping around the barricade of Sangham’s nose, the river’s junction, that they had led to a shout.

The people were confused and started running, and many of them were injured. Others torn clothes.

“The crowd was so huge that people were stepping on each other. My family and my family collapsed,” said Punam Singh, a believer who came with her seven parents, Relative. I said.

“I lost all the money, my belongings, and I can’t find my family anywhere,” she added.

The uncertainty about what happened has been added to the chaos. Many believers said they felt something wrong, but they decided to proceed anyway because the authorities did not confirm the situation.

The first announcement took place around 04:00. Authorities have stopped going to the sangham nose, and have begun to swim on the nearest riverbank they can find.

However, it did not change much -By then, the road leading to Sangham was already packed with jam.

Tens of thousands of people continued to go ahead -and still did a few hours after the accident.

Uncreeding people had previously said they would cancel their appearance, but later made a way to take a bath in Sangham, but the act was reduced.

For many pilgrims, the search for loved ones grew all day long until night. Many people stayed in the accident. There, the victim’s slippers, clothes, and other belongings were covered with mud. The occasional screams of the sad people were pierced through a fuss.

Anita Devi, a jean -central city, said she had spent all the morning looking for her husband.

“He needs his medicine, but they are with me. She is with me. I held his hand and he had a blink,” she told the BBC. Ta.

“It’s been many hours, but I can’t find him. I don’t know where he went this year.

The crowd crash is common in India, which is frequently overcrowded in religious events, festivals, and public spaces. Last year, more than 120 people were killed in the Hatlus district of Uttar Pradesh during a religious gathering.

Authorities say that the situation of Kumbh Mela is currently being controlled. However, Indian opposition leaders criticize the government over crash.

Rahul Gandhi, a parliamentary opposition leader, said, “Management mistakes, management mistakes, management mistakes, management mistakes, and administration are particularly focused on VIP movements instead of general believers.” I was sad. “

Some pilgrims also blamed the authorities in the disaster.

AYESHA MISHRA was wondering why the crash had occurred and had no police.

“They were standing at the end of the festival venue, but many of us were crushed in the middle,” she said.

“We don’t want to do such a holy dip,” she added. “The government should ask people at home at this point.”