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Six devotees have died in a stampede at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple of Tirumala on Wednesday night. When many people were injured. The Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) gave this information. The rush occurred when hundreds of people were trying to get 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. Earlier, the police had informed about the death of four people including three women.
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This accident happened during the issuance of darshan token from Tirupati Vaikuntha gate. There was a stampede among the devotees who had gathered for darshan token at Vaikuntha gate. Arrangements were made to issue SSD tokens from 5 am on Thursday. But for the darshan token of this Vaikuntha gate, devotees reached the counter from Wednesday evening itself. 8 centers have been set up in Tirupati for issuing SSD tokens. 90 counters have been made at eight centres. But there is a queue of devotees at these counters.
To collect first token at Padpadi site
A woman present said that a stampede broke out due to the huge crowd. As soon as the police officials opened the gate, devotees rushed to buy tokens. Earlier there was no such system to obtain tokens. Out of 20 members of my family, 6 people are injured. We were standing in the queue since 11 o’clock. We ate milk and biscuits while standing in line. However, a large number of male pilgrims rushed for the tokens. Many women were injured. then taken to hospital
In this context, negligence of ambulance drivers
A stampede broke out at Srinivasam, Vishnunivasam and Bairagi leased centres. It is being told that a stampede broke out here after a devotee fell in the lines. But there have also been reports that negligence of ambulance drivers is the reason behind the loss of lives. Keeping in mind the safety of the devotees, TTDA has also arranged for an ambulance at the token issuing centres. However, it was said that the ambulance drivers were not present during the chase.
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Doctors say that people died because they could not be taken to the hospital on time. Devotees are making allegations regarding that also. It is alleged that the injured had to wait for more than half an hour to be taken to the hospital. Devotees also protested against a DSP at the spot. It is also being said that three women are also included in the dead.
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Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s office also took cognizance of the Tirupati stampede incident. Spoke to Collector, SP, TTD officials and reviewed the incident. Officials were ordered to take relief measures at the spot. CM Chandrababu Naidu expressed grief over the incident and said that he is very upset. Officials were ordered to ensure that the victims received good treatment. The injured are currently being treated at Ruya Hospital. The number of injured is said to be higher.