Stampede at soy procurement centre in Nirmal injures 10 women

Ten women were injured, including two who sustained leg fractures, in a stampede during token distribution for soybean procurement at a PACS in Nirmal’s Kubheer mandal. Farmers blamed officials for poor crowd management and lack of safety arrangements.

Nirmal: Ten women were injured, including two who suffered leg fractures, in a stampede that occurred during the distribution of tokens for soybean procurement at the Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society in Kubheer mandal on Saturday.

According to villagers, two elderly women sustained fractures, while eight others suffered minor injuries when the crowd surged forward as tokens were being issued.

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Since morning, a large number of farmers, including men and women, had formed long queues to sell their soybean produce at the centre. The situation turned chaotic as they jostled for tokens, leading to the stampede.

Farmers expressed anger over the lack of crowd management and accused officials of negligence. They said no barricades or precautionary measures were in place to control the rush.

The tokens were meant to streamline the sale process and reduce waiting time, but poor planning resulted in the incident, they alleged.