Witnesses describe surging crowds that crushed people on the banks of the Ganges as they arrived to take a dip at holy site
Dozens of people are feared to have died in multiple crowd crushes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, local officials at the scene have said, as vast crowds of people went to bathe at one of the holiest sites of the Hindu gathering.
People were crushed at about 4am on Wednesday in three separate areas at the sacred confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers. It appears people surged forward, into groups of people who were sitting or lying on the ground on the banks of the rivers.
