To: Superintendent Dharmitra Singh
From: Ms Shashi
Stampede that took place at Lucknow
The whole incident started on the Thursday 6th of March 2006, 3pm in the noon. I accompany my grandmother to Lucknow to collect free saris which Mr Lalji Tandon, a member of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's BJP party, was distributing to celebrating his birthday. The place was very crowded as about 5000 people gathered in a small area, which was fenced in and turn into a temporary tent. Everyone seems very excited and desperate to get the free saris when they started to distribute it to the public.
At first everyone was lining up orderly to receive the saris everything just seem normal, suddenly someone at the front row start shouting there were no more saris anymore. When everyone heard that news, they started to rush and squeeze through the way hoping they can get at least one saris. The whole situation was getting very messy and out of control, although the staff who was giving away those saris was trying to tell them there were still enough saris, no one seem to listen to him. When I tried to find a route for my grandmother to get out it just seem impossible, as the bamboo poles which were supporting the tent was starting to collapse and there were people rushing from different direction. I could hear nothing but screaming from everywhere, Chairs and tables were scattered all around.
There was one thing that made me felt shocked and heartbroken was that one old lady was being stamped to death when she fell down. She was not the only one that was being stamped to death, there were still a few more as most of them only care about their lives so they would not care about others they just step on them. My and grandmother and I were lucky enough to escape alive. My comments were if there is another occasion similar to this I really hope they can have it in a building which is stable. They also can have police officers to maintain the safety and help in the distribution make sure everyone is in order.
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04/06/2006
(stefanie Hoong, 5A1, (4)
From: Ms Shashi
Stampede that took place at Lucknow
The whole incident started on the Thursday 6th of March 2006, 3pm in the noon. I accompany my grandmother to Lucknow to collect free saris which Mr Lalji Tandon, a member of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's BJP party, was distributing to celebrating his birthday. The place was very crowded as about 5000 people gathered in a small area, which was fenced in and turn into a temporary tent. Everyone seems very excited and desperate to get the free saris when they started to distribute it to the public.
At first everyone was lining up orderly to receive the saris everything just seem normal, suddenly someone at the front row start shouting there were no more saris anymore. When everyone heard that news, they started to rush and squeeze through the way hoping they can get at least one saris. The whole situation was getting very messy and out of control, although the staff who was giving away those saris was trying to tell them there were still enough saris, no one seem to listen to him. When I tried to find a route for my grandmother to get out it just seem impossible, as the bamboo poles which were supporting the tent was starting to collapse and there were people rushing from different direction. I could hear nothing but screaming from everywhere, Chairs and tables were scattered all around.
There was one thing that made me felt shocked and heartbroken was that one old lady was being stamped to death when she fell down. She was not the only one that was being stamped to death, there were still a few more as most of them only care about their lives so they would not care about others they just step on them. My and grandmother and I were lucky enough to escape alive. My comments were if there is another occasion similar to this I really hope they can have it in a building which is stable. They also can have police officers to maintain the safety and help in the distribution make sure everyone is in order.
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04/06/2006
(stefanie Hoong, 5A1, (4)
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