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Time of India
8 hours ago
- Time of India
‘Fall to death': Video of Harihar fort over-congested with tourists goes viral; netizens warn of ‘suicide trap'
Image: X/@WokePandemic A video capturing a massive crowd on a weekend trek to Harihar Fort, considered one of India's most dangerous hiking trails, has gone viral on social media, sparking discussions over safety and regulation. The Harihar fort is located in the Nashik district of Maharashtra and is known for its unique rock-cut staircase and steep steps that ultimately lead to the summit. Even with the risk involved, the video captured hundreds of people on the trek, with some even clinging onto rocks, in a tightly packed trail leading to the fort. People were seen sitting on the edge, risking a fatal fall. Harihar fort is built on a rock shaped like a triangular prism. Two of its edges and all three sides are straight up at 90 degrees, while the third edge on the west slopes at a steep 75-degree angle. A very narrow, one-meter-wide staircase is carved into the rock with 117 steps in total. 'Another major incident waiting to happen..? Harihar Fort weekend crowd surge is death trap!! This needs to be stopped/moderated else. One minor stampede or someone loosing balance and it will have cascading effect and hundreds will fall to there death.', by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Livguard Lithium-X: The Future of Power Backup Livguard Learn More Undo the post on X said. The video has garnered over 900,000 views, with netizens voicing out their concerns over safety and regulations in place about such a congested trekking trail. A user commented 'Are people mad or what! Why do they have to visit such crowded places? This is a disaster waiting to happen. And administration should restrict the number of people that can visit the first at one time'. 'That is madness without proper regulation or order in such places. Adventure without safety provisions are suicide trap nothing else', said another use. Questioning how the situation came to be like this, another user commented 'Forest department Nasik controls it, it charges fees. It was decided that only 300 tourists per day will be allowed,not followed by them. Now I after seeing this video last week, they have curtailed tourists. Don't know what action is taken on errant officials'. The situation has reignited a debate on how India is equipped to deal with an ever-increasing tourist footfall with the shadow of the deadly Bangalore stampede that claimed 11 lives and injured over 30 others, still fresh in the public memory.
Time of India
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
'Unacceptable': Japan condemns Trump's Hiroshima comparison to Iran strikes; demands retraction
Donald Trump (AP photo) Japan has strongly criticised US President Donald Trump for comparing the recent American military strikes on Iran to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II. "That hit ended the war," Trump told reporters on Wednesday. "I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing." The comparison has drawn backlash across Japan, which remains the only country to have suffered nuclear attacks. The bombings in August 1945 killed about 140,000 people, and survivors continue to live with long-term health issues and trauma. Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki responded to Trump's comment, saying, "If Trump's comments justifies the dropping of the atomic bomb, it is extremely regrettable for us as a city that was bombed." Atomic bomb survivor and co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning advocacy group Nihon Hidankyo, Mimaki Toshiyuki, also criticised Trump, saying the remarks were "unacceptable", as quoted by BBC via Japanese public broadcaster NHK. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Livguard Lithium-X: The Future of Power Backup Livguard Learn More Undo "I'm really disappointed. All I have is anger," added Teruko Yokoyama, another member of Nihon Hidankyo, speaking to Kyodo News. In response, survivors and citizens in Hiroshima held a protest on Thursday demanding that Trump retract his statement. Hiroshima lawmakers also passed a resolution rejecting any statement that justifies the use of nuclear weapons and called for all armed conflicts to be resolved peacefully. When asked if Japan would formally lodge a complaint, chief cabinet secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa stated that "Japan has repeatedly expressed its position on atomic bombs to Washington." Trump's controversial remarks came as he pushed back against a leaked US intelligence assessment which suggested that recent strikes on Iranian nuclear sites only delayed their programme by a few months. Trump countered that the US attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities and set them back "decades" - a claim also supported by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. The legacy of Hiroshima remains central to Japan's anti-nuclear stance.
