At least 15 people died during a stampede at a railway station in New Delhi, India on Saturday (Feb 15) when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world's largest religious gathering, Kumbh Mela.
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00:00At least 15 people were killed and 15 others injured in a stampede at a railway station
00:08in New Delhi, India, on Saturday.
00:10The incident occurred on two platforms as passengers waited to board trains to Prayagraj
00:15City where the Hindu Mahakum festival was being hosted.
00:34Authorities said the stampede broke out as crowds struggled to secure spots on packed
00:38trains heading to the pilgrimage site.
00:40The rush at the train station in New Delhi appeared to break out as crowds struggled
00:44to board trains for the ongoing event, which will end on February 26.
01:14Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was
01:22"...distressed by the tragedy and extended condolences to the victims' families."
01:27The Governor of the Capital Territory, Delhi, Vinay Kumar Saxena, said disaster management
01:32personnel had been told to deploy and all hospitals are in readiness to address related
01:38exigencies.
01:40Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said additional special trains were being run from New Delhi
01:45to clear the rush of devotees.
01:48The six-week Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern
01:54city of Prayagraj and has a history of crowd-related disasters.