Hyderabad: Expressing shock and grief over the death of devotees in the stampede at the Pushkar ghat in Rajahmundry, YSR Congress has said that the tragic incident was due to human error as the government has miserably failed in making adequate arrangements for the milling crowds.
“Our Party President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has expressed his grief over the deaths at the Pushkar ghat and pointed out serious concern over the lack of proper arrangements.
We feel that the incident has occurred due to gross mismanagement and lack of concern for devotees as the works were not completed though funds were allocated well in advance,” party PAC member and official spokesperson Ambati Rambabu told reporters here on Tuesday.
The Rs 1,650 crores allocated for the Pushkar works were misappropriated and the Chief Minister himself has said that some of the works that were not completed will be completed after the event. The statement of the Chief Minister is ridiculous and the funds allocated are more than that of Pattiseema project and there is no accountability.
The point of concern is why the Endowments Minister, who belongs to BJP, has been sidelined in the Pushkar works.
“Our intention is not to politicize the issue at this hour of tragedy and we share the grief of the families that lost a member in the stampede but we cannot refrain from stating that the stampede is only due to human error and inefficiency of the government.
The officials are knotted around the VVIPs and the ordinary devotees are left in the lurch and the arrangements made hardly match with the magnitude of publicity given to the event,” he said.
