Stampede or System Failure: Why Do We Choose the Government?

Any government is responsible for maintaining peace and prosperity and for enforcing rules fairly with respectfully across its region. Democracy is based on participatory contribution, where people choose their government by casting votes. But are these governments still caring about the people? The question arises since a stampede surged outside a cricket stadium during a celebration organised by the state government, following the Bangalore team’s victory in the IPL final.  

Crowd Stampede in Bangalore

At least 11 people lost their lives in a crowd stampede on Wednesday, and more than 40 others sustained injuries. Thousands of people were waving their home team’s red flag near Chinnaswamy Stadium as the team arrived in the evening.

The report says, as the celebration proceeded, some outsiders without passes tried to push the gate, and from there, troubles emerged. The image showed explicitly how people were climbing over others. 

Commenting on the matter, the state chief minister Siddaramaiah briefly said that the unfortunate event should not have happened at the time of celebrations. He claimed that fans came to join this event beyond our expectations.

Administration failure

Police couldn’t handle the situation as one person said in a report that police started canning that led to more chaos at gate one. Political secretary for the Karnataka chief minister, Naseer Ahmed, told media personnel the crowd became uncontrollable and authorities were unable to make proper arrangements. 

During the celebration, metros stopped services near the stadium. But the question is still in the bucket, who is responsible for the breakout.