It’s only a coincidence that again to again incidents of stampedes claimed as many as 10 lives and injured dozens of individuals on Sunday and Monday; they’re ready to occur at any and each place the place individuals congregate in India, because of the lethargy and whole lack of individuals management measures by the authorities involved.
The stampede that claimed eight lives on the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar on Sunday was brought on by a rush of pilgrims alongside a stair route resulting in the temple whereas the one which ended two lives at Avshaaneshwar Mahadev temple in Barabanki on Monday was triggered by the panic after a stay energy line breaking.
Such incidents occur in India yearly with alarming regularity. It was not very way back that stampedes claimed a number of lives in Bengaluru whereas individuals have been celebrating an IPL victory or on the Delhi railway station or at Tirupati temple.
It’s not that the federal government authorities and the occasion/pageant organisers have been caught unawares by occasions resulting in the lack of lives; it’s their lethargy that turns such occasions right into a tragedy as a substitute. The Mahakumbh this yr has proved {that a} congregation of crores of individuals will be carried out with no lack of life. There certainly was an occasion of a tent catching hearth. Usually, it might have resulted not solely within the unfold of fireplace but additionally of a killer panic. However the preparedness was foolproof and there was no report of lack of life.
It might even be remembered {that a} blast at a spiritual assembly in Kalamasserry in Kerala final yr claimed eight lives however all of them have been the direct victims of the blast; not one was because of stampede brought on by panic working. Stories had mentioned there was a drill on on daily basis of the congregation on how one can behave in case of an emergency and how one can keep away from a stampede.
Respect for human lives and correct preparedness can certainly save lives. It’s time that the federal government and law-enforcement companies rise to the problem.
