Today UP Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath said that pilgrims must not insist on proceeding towards the Sangam Nose — the point where Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical river Saraswati meet and is considered a very sacred point for a holy dip.
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Hours after the stampede at Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appealed to people not to heed rumours and follow the administration’s instructions. Mr Adityanath said some people were seriously injured early today and they are being treated at hospitals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are closely monitoring the situation and taking regular updates, he said.

“There is a big crowd. Nearly 8 crore pilgrims are currently in Prayagraj. Yesterday, about 5.5 crore pilgrims took the holy dip. There is a rush towards the Sangam. Between 1 am and 2 am, some people were seriously wounded while crossing barricades. They have been admitted to hospital,” he said.

Multiple people were feared dead after a “stampede-like” situation broke out at the Sangam in the early hours of Wednesday amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj, according to news agency. The incident happened after a large number of pilgrims gathered for a holy dip on the auspicious muhurat of Mauni Amavasya. Wounded people were rushed to the central hospital established in the Mela region. Relatives of the injured, a few senior administrative and police officials, reached the spot.

Around 2 am on Wednesday, as a sea of crowds converged at the Sangam and other ghats that constitute a 12-km long river bank, sirens of ambulances and police vehicles pierced through the religious chants that filled the air at Mela site after the stampede-like situation arose.
Some people have got injured and have been hospitalised after a barrier broke at the Sangam.