PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 2 -- The Allahabad high court has issued a series of recommendations to the Uttar Pradesh government to reform the system of crowd management in Mathura-Vrindavan as it observed that the current crowd control system is not based on science. Taking note of stampede-like incidents in the past, justice Vinod Diwakar sought detailed affidavits from the vice-chairman of the Mathura-Vrindavan Development Authority (MVDA), the district magistrate, the municipal commissioner and the senior superintendent of police. The bench observed that crowd management in Mathura has largely been reduced to traffic management. "Stampedes and crowd-related incidents at religious gatherings are not merely the result of administrative lapses or inad...