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My deepest condolences to the devotees who have lost their loved ones in this. Along with this, I wish for the speedy recovery of all the injured,
Modi said,
They were immediately taken to hospital and treated,
Adityanath saidSuddenly, there was a huge crowd and we got stuck somehow. People started pushing aggressively and we fell,
one woman told local media from outside the hospital
When the crowd surged, elderly people and women were crushed, and no one came forward to help,
Devi added
There were people lying all around, I don’t know if they were dead or alive.”
Vijay Kumar, who attended the festival, told Reuters after the incidentThe government said again and again on TV that the arrangements it had made were sufficient but we now see that they have failed,
university student Ruchi Bharti told AFP
A large crowd surged forward, pushing and trampling us,
Laxmi, shell-shocked and huddled under a thick woollen shawl in the morning cold, told AFPIf we talk about the worst organized Kumbh Mela in history it will be 2025,
Mata Prasad Pandey, a 65-year-old retired teacher, told AFPWe walked all over the night to reach out the bathing spot, but now I don’t think it’s safe to go there,
pilgrim Nirmala Devi told AFPElderly people and women are forced to walk for ages,
he addedPolice are using force to control the crowd and that’s why this happened,
she saidWe have children and elderly people with us,
she saidMismanagement and the administration's special focus on VIP movement instead of common devotees are responsible for this tragic incident,
he wrote on social media
If you see advertisements it seems like the government is providing world class facilities,
university student Ruchi Bharti told AFP not far from the riverbankMy family got scared, so we're leaving,
attendee Sanjay Nishad told AFP.jpg)
We saw people falling, lying one above another and crushing others to find a safe place. As we went ahead, we saw clothes, bodies of people, their bags, clothes and other belongings littered around,
Shweta Tripathi, a resident of Sant Kabir Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, told Reuters
Some people were returning after taking a dip and others were rushing towards the river. There was absolutely no co-ordination between the two crowds,
he told ABP news channelSome of the women in our group were old and they tripped and fell. People walked over them in their hurry to get out,
he saidIt all happened so fast that I couldn't process it and started crying. Luckily none from my group was hurt and we are all safe,
she saidI don't think I am coming ever again,
she said