Many individuals are feared lifeless and dozens have been injured in a stampede at a Hindu competition in northern India.
Pictures from the scene within the northern metropolis of Prayagraj present rescuers serving to these harm as police tried to handle the huge crowds.
It’s not clear what triggered the stampede, however tens of 1000’s of individuals had been making an attempt to take a holy tub within the river on the huge Maha Kumbh competition.
Sooner or later, there was panic amongst devotees who had congregated from throughout India to wash on the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the legendary Saraswati rivers.
The Maha Kumbh competition, which is held each 12 years, began on 13 January and is the world’s largest non secular gathering.
Organisers had forecast that greater than 400 million individuals would attend the pilgrimage web site over the subsequent six weeks.
Authorities have constructed a sprawling tent metropolis on the riverbanks, outfitted with 3,000 kitchens and 150,000 bathrooms and 11 hospitals.
Stampedes are comparatively widespread round Indian non secular festivals, the place giant crowds can collect in small areas.
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