News India Patna stampede not due to bamboo bridge collapse, says Nitish, death toll 18

Patna stampede not due to bamboo bridge collapse, says Nitish, death toll 18

Patna, Nov 20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday night refuted reports that a bamboo bridge collapse caused the death of 18 people during Chhath festival celebrations here."This incident took place not because of the

Opposition Rashtyriya Janata Dal blamed the state government for the incident.

Leader of opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui, who met the injured at the hospital, criticised the negligence over treatment of the injured.

Celebrated six days after Diwali, Chhath is dedicated to the Sun god. During the festival, married women observe fast for 36 hours, and devotees offer wheat, milk, sugarcane, bananas and coconuts to the Sun god.

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