Friday, October 31, 2014
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Another Stampede, this time at Patna Gandhi Maidan
on 3rd of October 2014: 33 people killed and 29 injured during Dussera celebrations at Gandhi Maidan, Patna:
Why is this happening again and again in India?
I believe the place was not properly barricaded and the arrangement of public announcement was not proper. There should be proper entry and exit and the capacity of the place should be measured well in advance to allow the crowd. It is said that the lighting was not proper this is also serious, why was it so?
How long such kind of incidents will be allowed to happen and we will keep on losing lives this way. Such kind of gatherings should be supervised properly and all the departments involved should take up their responsibility properly. The only way to contain rumours is to have proper public address system and proper intelligence gathering. There should be volunteer’s along with the police to guide people properly. In such kind of gatherings many people lost temporarily and it also leads to anxiety. There should be proper arrangement of alternate mode of electricity in case of power failure.
This is high time that we realize all this.
Such events portray a very bad picture of our country and lack of coordination amongst various agencies in organizing such big events. The responsibility should be fixed and there should be an apex body to deal with such gatherings. Today, world over many gadgets are being used to deal with huge crowds and the same should be used in India also.
Why is this happening again and again in India?
I believe the place was not properly barricaded and the arrangement of public announcement was not proper. There should be proper entry and exit and the capacity of the place should be measured well in advance to allow the crowd. It is said that the lighting was not proper this is also serious, why was it so?
How long such kind of incidents will be allowed to happen and we will keep on losing lives this way. Such kind of gatherings should be supervised properly and all the departments involved should take up their responsibility properly. The only way to contain rumours is to have proper public address system and proper intelligence gathering. There should be volunteer’s along with the police to guide people properly. In such kind of gatherings many people lost temporarily and it also leads to anxiety. There should be proper arrangement of alternate mode of electricity in case of power failure.
This is high time that we realize all this.
Such events portray a very bad picture of our country and lack of coordination amongst various agencies in organizing such big events. The responsibility should be fixed and there should be an apex body to deal with such gatherings. Today, world over many gadgets are being used to deal with huge crowds and the same should be used in India also.
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