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Published by: Crowd Management India Last updated: October 2026 Reading time: Approximately 12 minutes Key facts The Karnataka Crowd Control (Managing Crowd at Events and Place of Gathering) Bill, 2025 (LA Bill No. 63 of 2025) is India's first dedicated crowd safety legislation at the state level The Bill was introduced in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in August 2025 and referred to an 11-member Select Committee in September 2025 — legislative status should be verified

Published by: Crowd Management India Last updated: October 2026 Reading time: Approximately 11 minutes Key facts On 2 July 2024, a crowd crush at a satsang in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, killed 121 people — 112 of them women and at least seven children Approximately 250,000 devotees attended an event for which permission had been granted for 80,000 — more than three times the permitted capacity The venue had one entry point and one exit point for a crowd of 250,000 people A thr

Published by: Crowd Management India Last updated: July 2026 Reading time: Approximately 12 minutes Key facts The primary cause of death in crowd disasters is compressive asphyxia — external compression on the thorax and abdomen that prevents breathing — not trampling or panic (NDMA Report, 2014; confirmed in subsequent research) Between 2000 and 2022, 3,074 people died in crowd disasters in India, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data — with 114 deaths rec