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NEW DELHI: Stampedes, categorised arsenic avoidable accidents, person claimed astatine slightest 114 lives truthful acold this year, marking the second-highest toll successful caller years. In 2024, astatine slightest 123 radical mislaid their lives successful specified incidents, with the assemblage crush successful Hathras, UP, unsocial accounting for 116 deaths astatine the extremity of a satsang conducted by self-styled godman Narayan Sakar Hari.The stampede astatine the Venkateswara Swamy Temple successful Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, was the sixth specified incidental this year. Experts person often pointed retired that the lack of due assemblage power mechanisms, mediocre communication, and inadequate exigency effect systems aggravate specified situations. Authorities often underestimate the expected fig of attendees, starring to overcrowding and chaos.

Andhra Tragedy Sixth Incident This Year
There person been 5 large stampedes that occurred earlier this year. On January 29, during the Mahakumbh, 30 radical mislaid their lives. On February 15, astatine the New Delhi Railway Station, 18 radical died successful a stampede. In North Goa's Shirgao village, 7 devotees were killed erstwhile lakhs had gathered to enactment successful the yearly Lairai Jatra astatine the Shree Lairai Devi Temple. On June 4, 11 fans died and respective others were injured successful a stampede adjacent Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, during celebrations of RCB's maiden IPL win.The astir caller calamity occurred successful Karur, Tamil Nadu, wherever astatine slightest 39 radical died during a rally organised by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and fashionable histrion Vijay.
