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With inconsolable grief and amid large sobs, the household members connected Sunday performed the past rites of the 9 persons who were killed successful a stampede astatine the Sri Venkateswara temple astatine Kasibugga successful Srikakulam territory connected Saturday.
There was a pall of gloom astatine villages specified arsenic Rameswaram, Sivaramapuram, and Pittala Sariya, wherever the deceased hailed from.
Union Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu and Minister of Agriculture Kinjarapu Atchannaidu consoled the grief-stricken families connected Sunday, portion assuring that the authorities would instrumentality attraction of them successful the future.
They besides handed implicit ₹15 lakh to each of the families arsenic ex gratia from the State government, and assured them that the ₹2 lakh ex gratia announced by the Union authorities from the PM Relief Fund would beryllium fixed to them soon.
The Ministers further said that the 25 injured persons were being provided state-of-art healthcare astatine assorted hospitals.
‘Guidelines soon’
Addressing the media astatine Nandigama, Mr. Rammohan Naidu said the authorities would soon travel retired with guidelines successful assemblage absorption astatine each the temples.
Meanwhile, District Collector Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar and MLA Gondu Shankar handed implicit cheques for ₹3 lakh to each of the injured admitted to the GEMS Hospital astatine Ragole village.
Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy visited the temple and enquired astir the reasons for the stampede.
Temple development
Addressing the media later, helium said a committee had been constituted to inquire into each aspects of the incident. “Though trustee Hari Mukund Panda’s efforts successful constructing the temple are laudable, ignoring the information of devotees connected Karteeka Ekadashi caused immense agony for many,” Mr. Ramanarayana Reddy said, and assured that the authorities would instrumentality steps for the improvement of the temple aft eliciting the sentiment of Agama Shastra experts.
He further said determination would beryllium nary darshan of the presiding deity astatine the temple for a fewer weeks. “As per the temple traditions, peculiar rituals volition beryllium performed arsenic per Agama Shastra earlier reopening the temple for devotees,” helium added.
Meanwhile, BJP State president P.V.N. Madhav, Anakapalle MP C.M. Ramesh, and Etcherla MLA N. Eswara Rao consoled the injured persons astatine the Palasa country hospital.
YSRCP person Dharmana Krishnadas appealed to the authorities to summation the ex gratia to ₹25 lakh to each of those killed and ₹5 lakh for each of tho injured.
