Two die and seven injured in a stampede in Una district

Shimla/Una, Mar 25

Two persons died and seven others were injured due to a stampede caused by a landslide at Mairi Mela in Una district on Monday morning. Injured were immediately shifted to Una hospital for treatment from where two have been sent to PGI Chandigarh for treatment being serious.

Deputy Commissioner Jatin Lal reached Regional Hospital Una and inquired about the well-being of the injured of Maidi accident. He met the injured and enquired about their health and directed the hospital management to take proper care of all the injured.

It’s worth mentioning here that on Monday morning (March 25) at 5.30 am, 2 people died tragically while 7 others were injured in an accident caused by debris falling from the hill during holy bath in Charan Ganga at Maidi fair. Three seriously injured people were referred to Regional Hospital Una and others are undergoing treatment at Amb Hospital. Deputy Commissioner said that financial assistance of Rs. 25,000 each has been provided to the deceased and Rs. 10,000 each to the injured.

The deceased in the accident have been identified as Billa son of Kewal Singh resident of Rodi Kapur district Faridkot and Balbir Chand son of Batna Ram resident of Faridpur district Jalandhar.

Apart from this, according to the information received from the hospital Una, Raghubir Singh son of Billu Singh resident of Rodi Kapur district Faridkot age 30 has been referred to PGI. While Balveer Singh son of Bala Ram resident of Nidana Post Office Khed district Jind Haryana and Sadhuram son of Ramkumar resident of village and post office Pali tehsil Julana district Jind Haryana are being treated at Civil Hospital Una.

According to the information received from the hospital Amb, the injured Govind son of Dev Raj resident of Barnala, Dharmendra Singh son of Jaspal Singh resident of Sol district Tarn Taran, Harpal Singh son of Sher Singh resident of Amritsar, Bablu son of Lali resident of Pind Barar Amritsar and Angrez Singh son of Mangal Singh resident of Bharad tehsil Ajnala district Amritsar are being treated at Amb Hospital.

SDM Amb Vivek Mahajan said that the landslide site has been banned and separate arrangements have been made for the convenience of devotees to take bath.