Tirupati stampede: The Andhra Pradesh authorities on Thursday (January 9) introduced compensation of Rs 25 lakh every to the households of the six devotees who died within the stampede on Wednesday evening (January 8) in the course of the distribution of tickets for a sacred occasion on the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple.
Andhra Pradesh Income Minister Anagani Satya Prasad mentioned, “We can’t substitute life with anything however we’ll assist the households. We’ve introduced Rs 25 lakhs.The CM will discuss to the injured folks…”.
Income minister Satya Prasad made the announcement after a ministerial workforce known as on the households of the deceased at Ruia Hospital. The delegation which included ministers Anita, Parthasarthy and Anam Ramnarayan Reddy additionally known as on the injured at SVIMS Hospital.
The ministers termed the incident as unlucky. They mentioned the investigations had been on to seek out out if the incident was a results of any hasty motion or lack of coordination. Dwelling Minister Anita mentioned the probe was additionally on to establish if it was an accident or a conspiracy.
She mentioned the CCTV footage would reveal whose lapses led to the tragedy. The Dwelling Minister mentioned stringent motion can be taken towards those that had been discovered negligent. Steps might be taken to make sure that such incidents don’t recur in future, she added. The ministers mentioned the our bodies of the victims had been being despatched to their respective cities after post-mortem.
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Three of the victims had been from Visakhapatnam and one from Narsipatnam and the remaining two victims had been from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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The stampede occurred close to the Vishnu Nivasam temple in Tirupati, the place the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) had arrange counters to distribute tokens for the Vaikunta Dwara Darshanam in the course of the annual Vaikunta Ekadashi competition that begins on January 10.
Through the 10-day occasion, devotees are allowed a particular darshan of the deity via the northern entrance. Hundreds of devotees from numerous states had lined up on the counters since Wednesday night although the distribution of tokens was to start out on Thursday morning. When one of many gates was opened to help a distressed lady, devotees surged ahead resulting in the stampede.
The TTD had organized for the distribution of 1.20 lakh tokens for the primary three days of the competition (January 10–12). Particular counters had been arrange at 94 places in Tirupati.