Andhra broadcasts Rs 25 lakh every for households of Tirupati stampede victims

The House minister mentioned stringent motion can be taken in opposition to those that have been discovered negligent.

Steps shall be taken to make sure that such incidents don’t recur in future, she added.

The ministers mentioned our bodies of the victims have been being despatched to their respective cities after post-mortem.

Three of the victims have been from Visakhapatnam and one from Narsipatnam and the remaining two victims have been from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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 through the annual Vaikunta Ekadashi competition that begins on 10 January.

In the course of the 10-day occasion, devotees are allowed a particular darshan of the deity via the northern entrance.

Hundreds of devotees from varied states had lined up on the counters since Wednesday night although the distribution of tokens was to begin 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 (10–12 January). Particular counters had been arrange at 94 places in Tirupati.

In the meantime, chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu shall be visiting Tirupati later within the day to name on the households of the victims and go to the hospitals, the place the injured have been present process remedy.

The chief minister condoled the lack of lives within the tragedy and ordered an investigation.