Bomb Blast at Varanasi ghat

Again there occurred a bomb blast on Tue 7th Dec 2010 at the ghats of Varanasi.
Especially the area around Godowliya and Dashasumedh ghat attracts a lot of Tourist From India and all over the world, and is very busy in the evening with traffic and people moving at snails pace. UP Govt should really think of modernizing this locality in terms of infrastructure, widening of Godowlia road & security of people i.e citizens as well as tourists. By Widening of Road and proving a flyover in Godowalia area , will help to ease the traffic flow and remove congestion , hence such occurences which can lead to stampede can be avoided.

Several foreign tourists on a religious sojourn in the city were left shocked by the Tuesday evening blast.

"We don't know what actually happened there. We were at the ghat when we heard a massive explosion. The entire place was engulfed in dust and people started running helter skelter. We also left the ghat immediately but didn't know where to go," said Emilie's friend Jodie.

French tourist Rachel too avoided taking treatment at the SPG Hospital where politicians came rushing, more for political mileage than to inquire about the injured. In the name of treatment, the injured were only given first-aid and then referred either to a private hospital or SSL hospital of Banaras Hindu University.

At the explosion site, district and police officials remained busy passing on the blast details to their bosses in Lucknow.

In the wake of Varanasi bomb blast security has been tightened in the State of Uttar Pradesh,Bihar and rest of Indian cities which can also be under threat

Read more: Foreign tourists didn't know where to go - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Foreign-tourists-didnt-know-where-to-go/articleshow/7062430.cms#ixzz17TAeeTrQ