Police said 30 people were killed in the crush at the world’s biggest gathering of humanity and 90 were injured, but sources told Reuters the death toll was nearly 40.
“The government has decided that a judicial inquiry of the incident will be done. For this, we have formed a three-member judicial commission,“ Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told reporters late on Wednesday.
More than 76 million people took a dip at the confluence of three sacred rivers in Prayagraj in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh until 8 p.m. (1430 GMT) on Wednesday alone, officials said.
The Hindu festival - held every 12 years - is expected to draw some 400 million devotees in 2025, officials estimate. The Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, in comparison, drew 1.8 million people last year.
Opposition leaders have blamed the stampede on mismanagement and urged the government to improve festival arrangements, while local media said on Thursday that better crowd planning was needed to prevent such incidents.
“There is no doubt that more personnel have to be deployed, and better planning is needed - using both ground resources and modern technology,“ it said, adding that a repeat of the tragedy must be prevented at the three holy dips scheduled in coming weeks.
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