Recent incidences on crowd disasters indicate the
vulnerability of our public gathering places to crowd disasters. India has
witnessed several major crowd disasters in the recent past. Human stampede at
Patna (Bihar), Datia (Madhya Pradesh), Malabar Hills (Maharashtra), Sabarimala
(Kerala) are few among them. We have religious, entertainment, political and
sports mass gatherings. But the religious mass gatherings attract more number
of people than the other types of mass gatherings. More over many of our religious
mass gathering venues are located at vulnerable areas. Hence the risk of crowd
crushing and human stampedes is more with religious crowds.
Studies on previous crowd disasters urge the research and
development in best practices for pilgrimage crowd management. CCMR was
established with a motto of promoting crowd management research to develop
appropriate technologies and management practices for religious, sports and
entertainment mass gatherings. The research team works in close collaboration
with academic institutions, Government Departments, command line forces, event
organisers and security agencies. The core team comprised of academicians from
Institute of Land and Disaster Management-Kerala, University of Kerala, Tata
Institute of Social Sciences- Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi University-Kerala and
Dr.MCR Human Resource Development Institute, Hyderabad.
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