Stampede in Tirupati
Tirupati: Six devotees lost their lives while 40 people were injured in the stampede in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. When the stampede occurred, a crowd of about 4,000 people had gathered near Vishnu Nivasam in Tirupati to collect the tokens. This accident happened during token distribution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu have expressed grief over this incident.
Huge crowd gathered to get tickets
According to the information, 6 devotees died and many others were injured in the stampede at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple located in Tirumala. The stampede occurred when hundreds of people were jostling for tickets for Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam. Hundreds of devotees from across the country have come here for the 10-day Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam starting from January 10. Meanwhile, a video of police giving CPR to some women devotees and taking the injured persons in an ambulance is going viral on social media.
PM Modi and CM Naidu expressed grief over the accident
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu have expressed deep grief over the death of 4 devotees in the stampede incident in Tirupati. He has asked the authorities to investigate the incident and provide better treatment to the injured. He will reach Tirupati on Thursday and meet the victims. Let us tell you that this accident happened when the devotees were allowed to stand in the queue at Bairagi Pattida Park. Let us tell you that Vaikuntha Dwar Darshan has been opened for 10 days. Thousands of people started gathering here for tokens.
Former state CM and YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has also expressed deep grief over the death of devotees in the stampede in Tirupati. He wished for the speedy recovery of the injured devotees.
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Actually, on January 10, it was decided to give limited tokens for Vaikuntha Ekadashi darshan. TTD said that for the darshan of January 10, token distribution will start from 5 am on Thursday, there will be limited tokens, whoever comes first will get the token. People started standing in queues to collect tokens from 6 pm on Wednesday evening. When the queue was opened for the first time at Srinivasam place in Tirupati Town around 8.30 pm, there was a stampede among the people in a hurry to be first in the queue.
Apart from Srinivasam, there was a stampede in Rama Naidu School also. In an effort to move ahead in the queue, people started pushing each other and running, due to the huge crowd and tight space, people started suffocating, some people fell unconscious and in the process of taking the token, others moved forward, crushing them. Went.
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