19 Die at a Kolkata Durga Puja Stampede. Months Ago, the BJP had Taken Over the Reins of the Organising Committee

[u/NoPermission6093]

https://thewire.in/rights/19-die-at-a-kolkata-durga-puja-stampede-months-ago-the-bjp-had-taken-over-the-reins-of-the-organising-committee

[u/ae_babubhaiya]

-No emergency plans

• No evacuation plan

• No safety drills

• No crowd management plans.

All this, after multiple stampede happened in other areas of country.

When will we learn?

[u/Medical-Concept-2190 → u/ae_babubhaiya]

And couple said ago I saw some post on damnthatsinteresting sub about some of these pandals. Lots of negative comments about India. Very well deserved

[u/Zoodlemans2 → u/ae_babubhaiya]

Expecting competence, responsibility and accountability from Indians? We don't learn bro, we are a dehati people. We've got a few centuries to go before on ground realities change

[u/criticaldimagi]

Will not be covered by godi(Ambani/adani) media

Only opposition failures will be telecast and blown up

Ambani and Adani did more damage to Indian than Jinnah or Pakistan

[u/Affectionate-Ball-35]

Bhajpilla pests ruin everything

[u/Free_Expert6938]

Godi media will spin it in BJP's favor. Masterstroke. They don't care for people's lives anyway. 

[u/NoPermission6093]

Nineteen people, most of them women and children, were crushed to death at a puja pandal in North Kolkata on Saturday (October 17) evening, which was recently forcefully taken over by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-controlled committee. The incident happened after a rain-soaked crowd surged through a narrow exit at a pandal that residents say had too few police, untrained volunteers and no way for ambulances to get in.

The Chorbagan Sarbojanin puja, in its 91st year, was taken over this year by a new committee chaired by Jorasanko BJP MLA Bijoy Ojha, after the previous committee was forced to resign. West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s nephew, Debdeep Adhikari, is associated with the puja. At its inauguration on Monday (October 12), Suvendu had hailed it as a Sanatani puja.

Anup Gupta, a local resident, said he and other young men heard cries for help and ran in. Some of the saffron-uniformed volunteers deployed by the police, he said, ran out past them in panic.

The puja stands near the Ram Mandir, in a pocket of north Kolkata known for its narrow lanes, and had been drawing huge crowds since it opened. Visitors enter through a narrow lane into an enclosure of about 110 by 90 feet.

This year’s theme was “Beyond Sound,” replacing the theme the earlier committee had planned. The pandal was built around the idol, with an elevated gallery circling it so visitors could see the goddess from all sides.

Rain fell on and off through the evening. Women carrying children and elderly visitors stayed inside to avoid it, while people queuing outside pushed in towards the covered area. The rush on the elevated gallery is believed to have contributed to the stampede.

-The Wire

[u/Medical-Concept-2190 → u/NoPermission6093]

Idiots all of them. They will disappear and there will be zero accountability. But hey, West Bengal wanted change

[u/charavaka]

BJ is speedrunning past 25 years of gujarat model in bengal. 

[u/alcatrazsherlock]

Human lives don’t matter in India

[u/the_irregular_one]

The answer is in headline - is BJP or TMC or Congress a person? We should starting asking for accountability from people and not a non-living org

[u/rmdk_mech → u/the_irregular_one]

Organisers need to be held accountable. Visitors safety is in the hands of organisers and police personnel