The horrific crowd crush at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata which claimed at least 19 lives, is a grim reminder of a recurring structural failure. For a nation that regularly achieves complex logistical feats, the persistence of lethal stampedes at public gatherings reveals a critical regulatory deficit. India’s state administrations routinely fail to translate basic crowd-science principles into enforceable municipal policy, turning moments of national celeb