Dozens Die In Stampede At Indian Festival

By Neville Lazarus, Sky News India producer

Thirty-two people, mostly women an children, have been killed in a stampede in northern India triggered by rumours that an electrical cable had fallen on people during a hindu festival.

The stampede started when thousands of people who had gathered at Gandhi Maidan in the state of Bihar to celebrate the festival of Dusshera started to leave the venue after watching an effigy of the demon God Ravana set ablaze.

Home secretary of the state of Bihar, Amir Subhani, said: "Thirty-two people have died in the stampede ... A few dozen people could be injured. Senior officials are at the hospital, including the Health Secretary, and treatment is being ensured."

The celebrations were organised by the government, but witnesses say it lacked crowd control measures. 

Anxious people were seen searching for missing relatives at hospitals. Many were seen shouting slogans against the administration and the government.

The police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Dusshera is a popular Hindu festival which is celebrated across India. The day is celebrated as a triumph of good over evil.

Large crowds at religious festivals have been a major concern for authorities, but it's the lack of crowd control and proper administrative organisation that has led to such tragedies.

In February this year, a stampede killed 36 people at the Kumbh festival, the largest gathering of religious pilgrims in the world, and in October last year, a stampede in Ratangarh in central India killed 115 people.

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