Tens of thousands spend hours daily to get the subsidized bags of flour that are already short in supply in the market. Chaotic scenes are often witnessed as people gather around vehicles pushing each other as the mini-trucks and vans escorted by armed guards go about distributing the flour.
The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed a judicial committee to find the reasons behind the Kandukuru and Gunturu stampede that took place during public meetings of Leader of Opposition (LOP) in the state assembly N Chandrababu Naidu.
Prajasanthi Party chief KA Paul on Monday said Telugu Desham Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu should stop conducting public meetings in the light of the stempede incidents.
Telugu Desam Party leader Varla Ramaiah on Monday suspected the role of the "sleeper cells" of the ruling YSRCP behind the death of three persons in the stampede at Chandrababu Naidu's public meeting in Guntur.
Three persons were killed and several others injured in a stampede at TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu's public meeting in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur on Sunday, police said.
Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday expressed shock at the stampede at his public meeting in Andhra's Guntur which claimed the lives of 3 people and announced Rs 5 lakh financial assistance to each bereaved family.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday expressed shock over the stampede occurring in the Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu's public meeting in Guntur which claimed the lives of three people leaving several others injured.
At least nine people, including a 10-year-old kid, have been killed due to a stampede during New Year's fireworks display in a small hallway in a mall close to the capital of Uganda, Al Jazeera reported citing the police officials.
Three persons were killed and several others injured in a stampede at Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu's public meeting in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur on Sunday, police said.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is paying a total of Rs 24 lakh each as ex gratia to the kin of the eight deceased families who died in the stampede at Kandukur in Nellore district on Wednesday.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that he is very sorry about the incident in which seven of his party workers lost their lives after a scuffle broke in Nellore district.