<p>At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a stampede in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/odisha" target="_blank">Odisha</a>'s Cuttack district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>The incident took place as a large number of people congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the occasion of Makar Mela, a police officer said.</p>.<p>Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra confirmed that one woman, identified as 45-year-old Anjana Swain, died in the incident, while four seriously injured people were admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack city.</p>.<p>Mishra said other injured persons were admitted to a community health centre (CHC) in Badamba.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/people-celebrate-makar-sankaranti-by-taking-holy-dip-flying-kites-in-rajasthan-1181024.html" target="_blank">People celebrate Makar Sankaranti by taking holy dip, flying kites in Rajasthan</a></strong></p>.<p>Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased.</p>.<p>"The injured people will get free treatment and I wish their speedy recovery," Patnaik said in a statement.</p>.<p>Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain said the incident took place due to a sudden increase in the number of devotees, including women and children, in the afternoon to visit a fair organised on the occasion and also to pay obeisance to Lord Singhanath.</p>.<p>The district administration said the congregation was massive as people were visiting the temple after a gap of two years due to COVID-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in large numbers, the sub-collector said.</p>
<p>At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a stampede in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/odisha" target="_blank">Odisha</a>'s Cuttack district on Saturday, police said.</p>.<p>The incident took place as a large number of people congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the occasion of Makar Mela, a police officer said.</p>.<p>Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra confirmed that one woman, identified as 45-year-old Anjana Swain, died in the incident, while four seriously injured people were admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack city.</p>.<p>Mishra said other injured persons were admitted to a community health centre (CHC) in Badamba.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/people-celebrate-makar-sankaranti-by-taking-holy-dip-flying-kites-in-rajasthan-1181024.html" target="_blank">People celebrate Makar Sankaranti by taking holy dip, flying kites in Rajasthan</a></strong></p>.<p>Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased.</p>.<p>"The injured people will get free treatment and I wish their speedy recovery," Patnaik said in a statement.</p>.<p>Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain said the incident took place due to a sudden increase in the number of devotees, including women and children, in the afternoon to visit a fair organised on the occasion and also to pay obeisance to Lord Singhanath.</p>.<p>The district administration said the congregation was massive as people were visiting the temple after a gap of two years due to COVID-19 pandemic.</p>.<p>Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in large numbers, the sub-collector said.</p>