Jammu: At least 12 pilgrims were destroyed to death and 16 injured on New Year’s Day in the biggest tragedy in the Vaishno Devi Temple as a surge of a crowd caused Stampede around 2.15 in the morning near the Gate No.
3 Outside the Popular Sanctum Cave Temple in the Tributa Bukit in Kashmir Rasi District.
The tragedy occurred “because of a fight between two groups of pilgrims”, the Temple Board said in a statement without giving further details.
Officials said the authorities responded quickly, order in the crowd was restored and pilgrimage returned after almost four hours of the morning tragedy.
Rescue team evacuated injured into various hospitals.
Nine of them at Shri Eye Vaishno Hospital Superspecialty, Kakryal, was thrown out on that day, while the rest underwent treatment and their condition was said to be stable.
Of the 12 people dead, the identity of four people is not known to archiving this report.
“The deceased was identified as Dheeraj Kumar, 26, from Nowshera in J & K’s Rajouri; Sheweta Singh, 35, from Ghaziabad, up; Delhi Vinay Kumar and Sonu Pandey, both 24; Mamta, 38, from Jhajjar, Haryana; Dharamvir Singh, 35, Saharanpur, Rise; Vaneet Singh, 38, also from Saharanpur; and Arun Pratap from Gorakhpur, above, “said a Temple Board spokesman.
Two bodies were sent by air and nine roads to their original places, while someone would be flown on Sunday morning from Jammu.
A spokesman for the Temple Council said the Governor of Manoj Sinha has announced the ex Gratia Direct Rs 10 lakh to the death of the dead and Rs 2 lakh until the injured.
“Care costs will be borne by the Board.” The board can be approached at 01991234804 and 01991234053 for assistance.
The Governor LT, who led Vaishno Devi’s Temple board, ordered a high-level investigation into the raid that the official said happened after the rush of the efficient and exit the temple that was converted by a narrow gate, which led to a crush which suffocated when people tried to stay away from place.
According to eyewitnesses, some men and women fell and people walked over them to escape from riots.
Most pilgrims have run 12 km through steep, winding.
Mountain Trek from Base Camp of Katra, a small town of 50 km from Jammu, at the beginning of Saturday to pray at the temple.
Officials said there was a busyness because it was a new year and more so the train service to Katra was back in lately the suspension was due to the protest of farmers in Punjab.
A temple official said 35,000 pilgrims were allowed to continue for Yatra as of December 31 and January 1 such as fighting a national green court of 50,000 hats a day, maintaining a pandemic.
Pilgrims are permitted in files in the cave and there is a constant flow to avoid density.
“But people might stay a little too long in the temple, crowded the room.
When more pilgrims were included, the place was jammed and there was a hurry to come out.
The chaos immediately turned into a tragedy,” an eyewitness said.
President of RAM Nath Kovind and PM Narendra Modi led the country shocked in offering condolences to the death of the dead and hoped the recovery was quickly injured.
“Very sad to lose life …” Modi wrote on Twitter and announced a compensation package.
The junior minister at PMO, Jitendra Singh, ran to Katra to take a stock of the situation.
Up cm Yogi Adityanath also expressed sadness over the tragedy.