Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu expressed his shock over the death of a woman near Pushkara ghat at Rajahmundry and appealed to devotees not to rush to a single place but use all the ghats.
While the officials did not confirm, the number of people dead in stampede is about 14 and others seriously injured.
Mr. Naidu monitored the situation from control room set up there.
While, the CM’s office mentioned one death, Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas while taking to a TV channel said that four women died in the heavy rush at the ghat. He said medical teams too had difficulty in reaching the spot to rescue the victims.
He said the Government would provide compensation to the kin of the dead.
