When crores gather, mistakes happen: UP Guv on Kumbh tragedy

Governor BL Joshi has sparked off a minor controversy by saying that stampedes like the one that took place at Allahabad station could take place whenever crores of people gather at a single location. “When crores of people gather at a place then mistakes happen,” he said after visiting victims at an Allahabad hospital. [caption id=“attachment_622318” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Image courtesy: Raj Bhavan[/caption] “We will try to correct it and we will make sure that nothing like this happens again,” Joshi said. The Governor and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made separate visits to a hospital where the injured from the stampede on 10 February were admitted for treatment. The government has instituted a probe into the incident and offered compensation to those deceased or injured.