Digvijaya blames AP govt for Pushkaralu stampede

July 15, 2015 12:36

Digvijaya Singh on the Pushkaralu ghat stampede: It's a failure of the state govt, they should have taken care, they should have been careful. Affected families should be given adequate compensation.

Twenty-seven pilgrims, 23 of them women, died in a stampede on Tuesday on the banks of the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh on the first day of a major religious festival Godavari Pushkaram.

Pilgrims surged towards one of the gates that allows access to the river banks and a group of women slipped causing the stampede, said officials. The incident took place between 7.30 am and 8 am on the opening day of the 12-day event after gates were opened for people to take holy dip in the Godavari river. Read the full report here.

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