Santa believes the Kedarnath trek has been spared from stampedes due to divine blessings. Banta shatters this illusion with a grim analogy, arguing that the state has been playing Russian Roulette with pilgrim safety and its luck just ran out at Mansa Devi.
Crowd flow vs crowd counting
The Great Counting Contest
Santa is impressed by official reports on the large numbers of registered pilgrims and deployed staff for the Char Dham Yatra. Banta uses a simple matchbox analogy to show the absurdity of this “counting contest,” arguing that counting people without managing their flow is simply perfecting the record-keeping for a future disaster.