A video from a temple festival in Goa shows chaos breaking out as a stampede erupts. The clip captures men in the crowd pushing and pulling, leading to a scuffle and complete loss of control as panic spreads.
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00:00In Goa, the first images of the deadly stampede that has taken place in Goa.
00:04The scuffle broke out which led to the stampede.
00:07The stampede took place at a temple fair in Goa.
00:10Seven people are dead and over 70 have been injured in this temple.
00:15In the stampede that took place right outside the temple.
00:18The injured are now being treated at the hospital.
00:21My whole team, along with the Secretary of Health, Arun Mishra, Dean of Goa Medical College,
00:34Advisor to Health, Drazela Raojo, my medical superintendents, Dr. Rajesh Patil, Varsha Munsh, Uday Kakhodkar,
00:42and the whole team has been active all night.
00:44Heads of department in Goa Medical College and our team has been on the field the whole night
00:48from the time we heard of the incident.
00:50Saini, 108 Head, has also been active.
00:52We are trying our best to see that we are able to reduce the casualties.
00:5580 people have been injured and brought to the hospitals.
00:58And in addition, the whole focus of the health department is to save the lives of the critically injured
01:03that are amounting to about 10.
01:05And more than 6 to 7 people have lost their lives.
01:07My condolences deeply go to the family.
01:09Whatever we can do as the Ministry of Health and the State Government, we will do.
01:15The visual that you are seeing on your screens coming in with regards to the stampede that took place.
01:19In this stampede in Goa, 7 people have lost their lives and over 80 people have been injured.
01:24The injured are now being treated at the hospital.
01:26The stampede took place at a temple fair in Shirgao in Goa.
01:32Scuffle broke out which then led to this massive stampede.
01:37In this stampede, Prime Minister Modi has condoled the death.
01:39The Chief Minister of the State, Pramut Sawant, has already visited various hospitals speaking with the injured.
01:44The State Government is now making sure that they provide all the help to those who have been badly injured.
01:50Support will also be given to the family members of those who have lost their lives in this stampede.
01:55It all started with a scuffle that broke out.
02:01It led to a stampede at a temple fair in Goa's Shirgao region.
02:06My colleague Mustafa is now joining me on the story.
02:09Mustafa, the first images are horrific.
02:11We can see how the scuffle broke out which later led to this tragic stampede.
02:16Unfortunately, seven people have lost their lives.
02:19Well, of course, you can say that it's a sort of religious profession.
02:23But the way people have behaved, the crowd which had gathered at one place,
02:28that has, you know, put the safety of thousands of people who had gathered here at risk.
02:33And there were women, there were children who were part of this ceremony.
02:35And that is where the tragic loss of the families have happened at such an auspicious day.
02:41You can also see the Goa police trying to vehemently control the situation,
02:46bringing it under control, but the crowd was too much to control.
02:49And somewhere, you know, multiple people being allowed to gather at such a small spot
02:56is somewhere the situation went out of hand.
02:59The true reasons for this entire stampede will be investigated by Goa administration at this point.
03:05They are putting all their focus on the hospitalization and the treatment of the people
03:10who are injured.
03:11There are about 80 people who are injured is what the information was given
03:14by the Health Minister Vishwajit Rane of Goa.
03:17And all the resources have been put in for the treatment of these injured bacteria.
03:21Thank you, Mustafa, my colleague, giving us those details,
03:23the visuals of the stampede on your screens in Goa.