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RSS200 Died Jodhpur Chamunda Devi Temple – Jodhpur Temple
200 Died Jodhpur Chamunda Devi Temple – Jodhpur Temple
30.09.2008
Tragedy struck the Sun City of Rajasthan on the first day of the nine-day navaratra festivities on Tuesday when 1479 pilgrims were dead and 60 people were injured Early morning as more than 25000 worshipers stampede outside the Chamunda Devi temple on a hillock adjoining the Mehrangarh Fort. Most of the victims were either boys or men in the age group of 15-40 years. Sixty people sustained injuries.
The victims were either trampled to death or had died of suffocation. Some pilgrims standing in the men’s queue lost balance on the slopy terrain, made slippery by the flowing coconut water on the road leading to the hill shrine. The installation (stapana) ceremony for the navaratras was scheduled between 6.23 a.m. and 7 .37 a.m. Around 9,000 people had stood in queues on the 2-km mountain road. The morning chants soon turned into shrieks of hapless victims as the commotion in the blind alley type of lanes led to unprecedented chaos.
Eyewitnesses talked about some pushing and shoving in the queue by some pilgrims for an early darshan. The authorities rejected reports of any bomb scare and denied any instance of eve-teasing led to the stampede. About 20 people died on the spot and the others in the hospitals, including the Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Mathura Das Mathur Hospital, Kamla Nehru Hospital and Goyal Hospital.
The help of the Defence forces was sought in relief and evacuation of the affected. Rajasthan Governor Shailendra Kumar Singh, while expressing anguish over the catastrophe, felt temple premises in general should have better arrangements for pilgrims on special days.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who reached Jodhpur from Banswara in the afternoon, announced a relief of Rs.2 lakh to the families of the deceased and Rs.50, 000 to those seriously injured.
courtesy imovies.com
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