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| Failing to manage record crowd Kolkata police want puja at 88-feet idol closed (Video below) |
Unable to cope with surging crowd Kolkata police wants to shut down puja at Deshapriya Park, which had installed a gigantic Durga idol.
The 88-feet idol erected by Deshapriya Park Durgotsav Committee is said to be the tallest Durga idol in the world. .
On Sunday, there was a mad rush to see the idol with lakhs of devotees thronging the area. The rush created a near stampede situation and disrupted traffic in the area for hours.
The Deshapriya Park Durgotsav Committee has been running an advertising campaign promoting the idol heavily as the tallest in the world. While the campaign managed to draw devotees in record number, the Kolkata police were caught unprepared.
With no effective crowd management measure, the Sunday's crowd turned hazardous and a major disaster was luckily averted.
The Telegraph reported that Kolkata police commissioner Surajit Kar Purkayastha has hinted that the puja would not be reopened this year and advised people to go to other pujas.
If implemented, the shut down would be unprecedented in Kolkata's recent history.