UP brings new measures after stampede deaths rock Mahakumbh mela

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

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Throngs of devotees at the world's biggest religious gathering bathed in Indian rivers on Thursday, undeterred by a stampede a day earlier that killed at least 30 people.
Hürriyet Daily News
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The Maha Kumbh festival attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful from across India every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, but has a woeful record of deadly crowd incidents.
The Manila Times
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to visit the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on February 5.
ABP Live
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Strangely, the state administration chose to remain silent about this incident, even during the briefing on the first stampede at 7pm on Wednesday, by district magistrate Mahakumbh Nagar Vijay Kiran Anand and mela DIG Vaibhav Krishna, during which they admitted that 30 people had died in a stampede at the nose of the Sangam between 1am and 2am on Wednesday.
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