The Allahabad High Court on Friday said that the delay in disbursing compensation to the families of those who died during a stampede at the site in Prayagraj showed the Uttar Pradesh government’s “apathy to the plight of the citizens”, Live Law reported.

A bench of Justices Saumitra Dayal Singh and Sandeep Jain also directed the state government to furnish details of the deaths and medical handling of those who died or were injured between January 28 and the end of the pilgrimage.

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state was also told to submit details of the number of compensation claims it had received and settled, and those that are pending.

The stampede had broken out at the Maha Kumbh on January 29 as a large number of pilgrims arrived to take a holy bath on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya, a spiritually significant day in the Hindu calendar.

The state government has said that at least were killed and 60 others were injured, although several have suggested that the actual toll could be .

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath had announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh for those who died in the stampede.

The court was hearing a plea filed by the husband of one of the...