Question : STAMPEDE INCIDENTS

(a) the details of incidents of stampede reported in the country and the total number of persons killed/injured, gender-wise during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard;

(c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof along with the action taken against the responsible persons, State/UT-wise;

(d) the details of the financial assistance provided to the families of the victims of such stampedes during the said period, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to check such cases in future?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a): As per available information, the details of incidents of stampede during the last three years are as under:-


Place	Date	State/UT	No. Persons	Killed Injured

Jety Ghat,	14.01.2010	West Bengal	07	16
Kakdwip,South
24 Parganas

Bhuban Hills,	12.02.2010	Assam	03
District

Village	04.03.2010	Uttar Pradesh	63	28
Managarh,
Pratapgarh

Hardwar Kumbh	14.04.2010	Uttrakhand	02	14

Dera Sacha	29/30.4.2010	Haryana	05	02
Sauda, Sirsa.

Jagannath	13.07.2010	Orissa	01	02
Temple

Pullumedu	14.01.2011	Kerala	102	44
Idukki District

Catholic	28.05.2011	Nagaland	0	-
Church,
Village Phokhungi,
district, Phelk.

Gurudwara	20.06.2011	Haryana	0
Nanak Darbar,
Village Shahbad
Markanda,
Kurukshetra.

Gurudwara Guru	18/19.7.2011	Haryana	0	-
Nanak Darbar,
Village Ajrana
Khurd, Kurikshetra

Gaiparnath	10.08.2011	Rajasthan	2	-
Mahadev
temple, Kota.

Haridwar	08.11.2011	Uttrakhand	20	44

Hussain	14.01.2012	Madhya Pradesh	12	04
Tekri Shariff,
District
Ratlam (MP)

Bhavnath	20.02.2012	Gujrat	7	29
Temple,
Junagadh.

Tirumala	26.05.2012	Andhra Pradesh	0	3
Hills,
district
Chittor.

Rajgir,	02.09.2012	Bihar	1	6
District
Bihar
Shariff.

Adalatganj	19.11.2012	Bihar	17	30
Ghat (PS
ahore, Patna)

Allahabad	10.2.2013	Uttar Pradesh	37 43
Railway
Station, UP.

# Gender-wise details is not centrally maintained in each case.

(b) to (d): Since responsibility for arrangements of Law and Order for such occasions entirely vests with the State Government, it is the State Government which takes up inquiry in this regard. Further, it also provides medical assistance and other necessary relief to the persons/families affected in such incidents.

(e): A detailed advisory was issued to all States/UTs on 1.10. 2008 making the States/UTs aware of the need to manage such gatherings and suggesting measures such as allowing manageable number of persons to visit the temples/shrines at a particular time; proper access control procedure/system at every entry/exit point; establishing sound alert system; regular training of staff in evaluation proceduresâ€™ etc. to avoid recurrence of incidents of stampede in future. Further, on the basis of inputs received from security agencies, advisories are being issued from time to time.

Question : STAMPEDE INCIDENTS

Answer given by the minister

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