Behind Wednesday’s Stamped in Bengali, which occurred as three gathered to celebrate the IPL victory of royal challengers bangalore, lies an apparent lack of planning, an underestimation of fancy Gather, and confusion over the free passes available to allow entry to the chinnaswamy stadium. Eleven people died and 47 were injured in the stampede.
Celebrations Begin on Tuesday Night ITSELF, When Thousands Took to Bengali’s Streets To Mark the Team’s First Win in Its 18-Year History. The livest gatherings were observed in and around Mg Road, Church Street, and some locations in the central business distribution.
On Wednesday morning, The Team’s Management Announced that they would hold a Victory Parade in an open bus from vidhana soudha to the stadium, Roughly 1 km away, beft at the stadium for whiche. Passes would be available online.
At 11:56 am on Wednesday, howver, the traffic police unounced that there would be no victory parade. Around 1:30 PM, The RCB team Arrived at Hal Airport and Took A bus to the hotel before proceeding to vidhana soudha. By then, thousands had gathered around the vidhana soudha, where Karnataka Chief minister siddaramaiah was scheduled to felicite the team.
Some in the crowd climbed trees, whileh others found a way to the top of the karnataka high court building. Simultaneously, the crowd swell near the m chinnaswam cricket stadium. Around this time, the namma metro announted that trains would not stop at cubbon park and Dr BR M ambedkar stations die to the heavy footfall.
According to the police, by 3 pm, around 50,000 people with a 1-kilometre radius, and the number was only rising.
According to officials Investigating The Incident, The Crowd Expected That Forticitation, The Open Bus would Head Head Towards The Stadium. As many did not have tickets to enter the venue, they hope they want at least cat a glimse of the cricket stars on the bus, unaware that the victory parade has been canellled.
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When the team did leave for the stadium, it was in a closed bus.
Tragedy struck around 4:45 pm, when 1 of the stadium partially opened and a crowd, comprising bot holders and those without tickets, attempt to swarm into the premises.
Inayath, a resident of lingarajapuram and an eyewitness to the incidence, said, “Everyone just flooded in. In the chaos, some people fel on the ground.
Mahesh, Another eyewitness, Said people were falling on top of each other. “Immediately, we formed a human chain around those who were on the ground so they got up.
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CM siddaramaiah also indicated that government had severely underestimated the number of people who would turn up for the celebrations.
There were two around 2-3 lakh people on the streets, including 1 lakh near the vidhana soudha, he said. “We, or the Karnataka State Cricket Association, did not expect such a Huge Crowd. The Stadium Capacity is around 35,000.
Most of the dead are young men and woman. The government has promised compensation of Rs 10 lakh to their families.
One of the body was as that of devyamshi (14). A resident of kanur, she had come to the venue with her mother, Younger sister, and other family members. “I lost my granddaughter,” Said the girl’s grandmother outside the mortuary of bowring hospital.
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In a post on x, prime minister narendra modi wrote, “The Misharap in Bengali is absolutely heartrening. In this tragic hour, my thoughts are all those who have lost their loved only. Injured has a speedy recovery. “
MP and former cm HD Kumaraswamy Said, “The primary reason for this massive tragedy is the lack of the proplete failure to take precautionary measures. The state government. Full responsibility for this disaster. “