Goa temple tragedy was `entirely preventable': report

Shirgao Stampede Deemed Preventable - Goemkarponn

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The recent stampede at the Lairai Jatra festival in Shirgaon, which occurred on May 3, 2025, has been declared a preventable tragedy by a Fact-Finding Inquiry Committee (FFIC) appointed by the government. The committee’s exhaustive report, released this week, uncovers a troubling chain of administrative failures and neglected warnings that culminated in the deaths and injuries of numerous devotees during one of Goa’s mos…

Goa temple tragedy was `entirely preventable': report

Panaji, May 14 (PTI) A fact-finding committee appointed by the Goa government to investigate the May 3 stampede at a temple in North Goa district has concluded that the tragedy was "entirely preventable." Six persons died and around 100 people were injured in the stampede in the early hours during an annual festival of Sri Lairai Devi temple at Shirgao village.The incident was the result of a combination of poor planning, lack of enforcement, ig…

Temple Stampede: District Administration, Police, Temple Committee, and Crowd Collectively Responsible

Panaji: Fixing responsibility for the stampede at a temple festival in North Goa that killed six people, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant made public the fact-finding committee report, which has held the district administration, police, temple committee, and crowd behavior responsible for the incident. The stampede occurred on May 3 during the Shree Devi Lairai Festival at Shirgao village in… Source