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- About two and a half lakh people had gathered to listen to the satsang in Hathras
- 80 thousand people were allowed to gather for the religious program
- Yogi government will give compensation of Rs. 2.5 lakh to the families of the deceased
Hathras stampede , The death toll in the Hathras stampede has risen to 121. The injured are being treated in the hospital. After this tragic incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit the spot on Wednesday. After the satsang accident, a baba named Narayan Sakar Hari is absconding. He is suspected to be hiding in Ram Kutir in Bichhua, Mainpuri. Meanwhile, an FIR has been registered against the main sevadar Dev Prakash in the Hathras accident case. It has been said in the FIR that permission for 80 thousand people to attend the program was given by the administration but 2.5 lakh people had gathered in this religious program.
The tragic incident shocked people
This tragic incident has shaken people. This stampede has robbed many families of their happiness and ruined their lives. This is not the first incident of a large number of people dying due to stampede during temples and other religious events in India. Earlier also, a large number of people have lost their lives in stampedes during such events. Some of the major incidents of stampede during temples and religious events in the country in recent years are as follows-
31 March 2023
At least 36 people were killed when a slab over an old stepwell collapsed during a havan programme organised to mark Ram Navami at a temple in Indore.
1 January 2022
12 people were killed and a dozen injured in a stampede caused by a huge crowd of devotees at the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir.
14 July 2015
27 pilgrims lost their lives in a stampede at the main bathing spot on the banks of Godavari river on the first day of Pushkaram festival in Rajahmundry district of Andhra Pradesh. 20 others were injured in this accident.
25 January 2005
More than 340 devotees were crushed to death during the annual pilgrimage to the Mandhardevi temple in Maharashtra’s Satara district.
13 October 2013
115 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in a stampede during Navratri near the Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.
3 October 2014
32 people died in a stampede at Gandhi Maidan in Patna after the Dussehra celebrations ended. 26 others were injured in the accident.
19 November 2012
Nearly 20 people died in a stampede caused by the collapse of a temporary bridge during Chhath Puja at Adalat Ghat on the banks of river Ganga in Patna.
14 January 2011
104 devotees died in a stampede after a jeep collided with pilgrims returning from Sabarimala temple in Pulmedu in Idukki district of Kerala. 40 others were injured in this accident.
8 November 2011
At least 20 people died in a stampede at Harik Pauri Ghat on the banks of river Ganga in Haridwar.
4 March 2010
About 63 people died in a stampede at Kripalu Maharaj’s Ram Janaki temple in Pratapgarh, UP. People had come to collect clothes and food being donated.