NEW : `` If the media could get in , if police officials could get in , if railway officials could get in , why could n't the doctors , why could n't the ambulances ? '' A local official resigns , taking responsibility for the disaster . Local media report grim scenes of bodies spread across the floor at the station . The death toll rises to over 100 by Monday morning. An estimated 40 million Hindu pilgrims came to bathe in the Ganges River .
NEW : A local official resigns , taking responsibility for the disaster . Local media report grim scenes of bodies spread across the floor at the station . The death toll rises to over 100 by Monday morning. An estimated 40 million Hindu pilgrims came to bathe in the Ganges River .