The state government will table in the Assembly a report by a one-member commission which probed the stampede at Allahabad railway station during Kumbh in 2013, beside implementing its suggestions for the imminent Kumbh Mela starting at Prayagraj from January 14.
At least 38 people died and 50 others were injured in the stampede at the Allahabad railway station during Mauni Amavasya on February 1, 2013, while devotees were returning home after taking a holy dip at the Sangam.
"The government has also worked on the recommendations of the commission for the coming Kumbh Mela so that the lapses are not repeated this time," spokesperson and Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh said while briefing media persons after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
The one-member judicial commission of Justice (Retired) Omkareshwar Bhatt blamed the Railways and UP State Roadways Corporation for the stampede at Allahabad junction railway station in 2013. "This time we have asked the authorities to look into the lapses that occurred in 2013 and directed them to initiate necessary precautions," Singh said.
The commission also held the change made on the platform at the last moment and the lack of holding area of passengers as the prime reason for the stampede.
Along with the Railways, the commission also blamed UPSRTC, Allahabad district administration and police for thoroughly failing in crowd management leading to the tragedy.
The commission concluded that the Railways did not make a clear assessment of the number of passengers for which arrangement of transportation had to be made on the occasion of 'Mauni Amavasya'.
It said that inadequate number of trains was pressed into service to transport devotees from the station to different cities. "Though it was announced to operate one Mela Special train every half-an-hour, it was not followed at all and trains were running late by two to four hours," the report said.
However, Singh blamed the previous Akhilesh Yadav regime for sitting on the probe report. "When the judicial commission had submitted its report to the government on August 14, 2014, why did the then Samajwadi Party regime not table it in the Assembly or take any action?" he questioned.