Cuttack:
Not less than one particular person was killed and 20 others had been injured, 4 of them critically, in a stampede in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Saturday, police stated.
The incident came about as a lot of 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 critically injured individuals had been admitted to SCB Medical School Hospital in Cuttack metropolis.
Mishra stated different injured individuals had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre (CHC) in Badamba.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the incident and introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the following of kin of the deceased.
“The injured individuals will get free therapy and I want their speedy restoration,” Patnaik stated in an announcement.
Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain stated the incident came about attributable to a sudden enhance within the variety of devotees, together with ladies and youngsters, 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 huge as individuals had been visiting the temple after a spot of two years attributable to COVID-19 pandemic.
Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in massive numbers, the sub-collector stated.
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