US EditionWhat led to stampede at Goa's Lairai Devi temple? Six people killed; collector, SP shunted out – 5 points to know
- A stampede broke out around 4 am on May 3, 2025, at the annual Lairai Jatra festival held at the temple in Shirgaon village, located in North Goa.
- The incident followed a large gathering of 50,000 to 70,000 devotees in narrow lanes where a devotee reportedly suffered an electric shock after touching a bulb with a cane stick and fell onto others.
- The resulting panic triggered pushing and chaos despite villagers trying to calm the crowd, with police deploying around 400 personnel to manage the situation and assist the injured.
- Six people, including two women, died and over 70 were injured, with five on ventilator support and about ten in critical condition, while the government immediately transferred five senior officials and ordered a magisterial inquiry.
- The stampede exposed lapses in safety measures, as the temple committee had limited time to install required CCTV cameras and barricades, suggesting a need for improved crowd management in future festivals.
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Here visitors are trampled to death
6 dead, 70 injured in stampede at temple festival in Goa. "It was all over in a few minutes. There was chaos and panic as people tried to rush off the narrow road," a relative of one of the victims told the Indian Express. The cause was said to be inadequate queue and crowd control by the authorities. The people died on a narrow stretch of a steep slope leading to the temple where visitors, between 50,000 and 70,000, had gone to worship.
Goa temple stampede: condition of 3 injured victims improves
Panaji: Three out of the five persons who were seriously injured in a stampede in North Goa district showed signs of improvement on Sunday, a hospital official said. The death toll in Saturday’s tragedy during the Shree Lairai Devi temple festival at Shirgao village remained unchanged at six. A total of 14 patients were admitted after the incident and only one has been discharged so far, said Goa Medical College and Hospital’s medical superinten…
What led to stampede at Goa's Lairai Devi temple? Six people killed; collector, SP shunted out – 5 points to know
Goa temple stampede: A stampede at Shree Lairai Devi temple in Goa resulted in six deaths and over 70 injuries during the annual Lairai Jatra procession. Here's what led to the tragedy
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