At least 15 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festival

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At least 15 people died during a stampede at a railway station in New Delhi, India on Saturday  (Feb 15) when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world's largest religious gathering, Kumbh Mela.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bdfjrrm3   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00At least 15 people were killed and 15 others injured in a stampede at a railway station

00:08in New Delhi, India, on Saturday.

00:10The incident occurred on two platforms as passengers waited to board trains to Prayagraj

00:15City where the Hindu Mahakum festival was being hosted.

00:34Authorities said the stampede broke out as crowds struggled to secure spots on packed

00:38trains heading to the pilgrimage site.

00:40The rush at the train station in New Delhi appeared to break out as crowds struggled

00:44to board trains for the ongoing event, which will end on February 26.

01:14Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was

01:22"...distressed by the tragedy and extended condolences to the victims' families."

01:27The Governor of the Capital Territory, Delhi, Vinay Kumar Saxena, said disaster management

01:32personnel had been told to deploy and all hospitals are in readiness to address related

01:38exigencies.

01:40Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said additional special trains were being run from New Delhi

01:45to clear the rush of devotees.

01:48The six-week Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern

01:54city of Prayagraj and has a history of crowd-related disasters.

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