Sharvani Mela: Confusion over time slot on Day 1 at Baidyanath temple

DEOGHAR: The new arrangement of time slotting for darshan at Baidyanath temple proved to be a dampener on Tuesday, the first day of the month of Shravan.
The arghya system of offering holy water on the first day remained chaotic with over 62,000 devotees visitng the temple.
The 16 time slots which were earlier decided by the district administration to control rush of the devotees failed with none following guidelines and jumping queues.Police had to resort to minor force which caused stampede, but no one was injured.
Due to heavy rush of the pilgrims, time slot arrangements failed and devotees did not assemble at the Nehru Park near Shiva Ganga as directed earlier.
The wrist band put on the kanwariyas were tied for Rs 10. But,due to heavy rush,they could not be activated resulting into failure of the time slot system. The activated wrist bands guaranteed time schedule for the devotees' entry into the temple.