Tirupati stampede updates: State announces Rs 25 lakh for families of dead

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Tirupati stampede:

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will visit Tirupati today after the death of six devotees in a stampede last evening during the distribution of tokens for the Vaikuntha Ekadasi festival.


Temple trust officials said that the gate at one of the token counters was opened for a woman who was feeling unwell, which led to chaos and resulted in a stampede. Tirupati Collector S Venkateswar told News Agency that it took around 15 minutes to evacuate the devotees.


The state government has announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the families of the six people who died in the stampede. The incident has raised questions on the crowd management protocol in place at the temple.

Here are the updates on Tirupati stampede: