By PTI
CUTTACK: At least one particular person was killed and 20 others had been injured, 4 of them significantly, in a stampede in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Saturday, police stated.
The incident happened as numerous individuals congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the event of Makar Mela, a police officer stated.
Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra confirmed that one girl, recognized as 45-year-old Anjana Swain, died within the incident, whereas 4 significantly injured individuals had been admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack metropolis.
#WATCH | Odisha: One useless, 9 injured after a stampede occurred throughout Makar Mela rush at Singhanath Temple in Baramba, Cuttack.
One useless whereas 9 had been injured in incident, three had been referred to a different hospital in Cuttack: Dr Ranjan Kumar Barik, Baramba hospital pic.twitter.com/t5FM7nkPKw
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
Mishra stated different injured individuals had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre (CHC) in Badamba.
Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain stated the incident happened resulting from a sudden enhance within the variety of devotees, together with ladies and kids, within the afternoon to go to a good organised on the event and likewise to pay obeisance to Lord Singhanath.
The district administration stated the congregation was large as individuals had been visiting the temple after a niche of two years as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in giant numbers, the sub-collector stated.
CUTTACK: At least one particular person was killed and 20 others had been injured, 4 of them significantly, in a stampede in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Saturday, police stated.
The incident happened as numerous individuals congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the event of Makar Mela, a police officer stated.
Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra confirmed that one girl, recognized as 45-year-old Anjana Swain, died within the incident, whereas 4 significantly injured individuals had been admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack metropolis.
#WATCH | Odisha: One useless, 9 injured after a stampede occurred throughout Makar Mela rush at Singhanath Temple in Baramba, Cuttack.
One useless whereas 9 had been injured in incident, three had been referred to a different hospital in Cuttack: Dr Ranjan Kumar Barik, Baramba hospital pic.twitter.com/t5FM7nkPKw
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
Mishra stated different injured individuals had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre (CHC) in Badamba.
Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain stated the incident happened resulting from a sudden enhance within the variety of devotees, together with ladies and kids, within the afternoon to go to a good organised on the event and likewise to pay obeisance to Lord Singhanath.
The district administration stated the congregation was large as individuals had been visiting the temple after a niche of two years as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in giant numbers, the sub-collector stated.
