MahaKumbh Mela Stampede News Update: Several people are feared dead and scores of others injured in a " stampede -like" situation at the Maha Kumbh mela in Prayagraj today. How have authorities reacted and what is the current situation? Here's what we know, in 10 points. Yogi Adityanath-led UP government was left red faced after a stampede at Kumbh Mela, a widely publicised event by the BJP, left at least 30 dead and over 60 injured. The Kumbh Mela, considered the largest religious congregation in the world, witnessed multiple stampedes in the past as well. INCIDENTS OF STAMPEDES AT KUMBH MELA 1954: The Kumbh Mela of 1954, the first ever Kumbh held after Independence, was a landmark event for India, but it is also remembered as a tragedy. On 3 February 1954, a stampede broke out when scores of devotees thronged the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) to take a holy dip on the auspicious occasion of Mauni Amavasya ... A stampede at the Sangam area during the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Wednesday led to the death of 30 people and injured 60 others. Officials said chaos erupted when devotees tried to jump over barricades set up to control crowds as sadhus took the holy dip. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident
