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Govt orders probe into Puri stampede
Govt orders probe into Puri stampede
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Indo-Asian News Service
Friday, July 4, 2008 (Puri)
Orissa government has ordered a probe and announced compensation of Rs one lakh to the families of those killed in the stampede during the annual Rath Yatra.

The government has also announced that it will bear the expenses of the treatment of those injured.

At least six people were killed and four injured in a stampede during the Rath Yatra on Friday, officials said.

Director General of Police Gopal Chandra Nanda said, ''Six people died in the stampede. Policemen have rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.''

A district police official said the incident occurred when devotees tried to get close to goddess Subhadra's chariot, which was being taken across Puri, about 65 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.

However, a local television channel said the number of injured was over 50 and about 10 had sustained serious wounds. Many of those in critical condition have been moved to Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medial College Hospital at Cuttack, about 26 km from Bhubaneswar.

About a million devotees gathered here to see the idols of god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra being carried in chariots from the 12th century Jagannath temple to another shrine called Gundicha in the same town.

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