Varanasi (PTI): A woman died of suffocation at the heavily crowded Dasaswamedh ghat here on Wednesday morning triggering a stampede that left 13 others injured in the holy city where thousands had ga
thered on the occasion of solar eclipse. District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Upadhaya said an 80-year-old woman collapsed due to the heavy rush of devotees at the ghat while another woman fainted following which people panicked and started running helter-skelter.
In the melee, thirteen people were injured, police said. An estimated 60,000-70,000 people had gathered at the ghat to take the dip, they said. The stampede occurred due to the heavy rush of pilgrims at the ghat, DIG P.C. Meena said. The injured have been rushed to hospitals.
Source : www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200907221012.htm
thered on the occasion of solar eclipse. District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Upadhaya said an 80-year-old woman collapsed due to the heavy rush of devotees at the ghat while another woman fainted following which people panicked and started running helter-skelter.In the melee, thirteen people were injured, police said. An estimated 60,000-70,000 people had gathered at the ghat to take the dip, they said. The stampede occurred due to the heavy rush of pilgrims at the ghat, DIG P.C. Meena said. The injured have been rushed to hospitals.
Source : www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200907221012.htm
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