TN stampede: No words to describe their sorrow, says Nirmala Sitharaman after meeting affected families
PTI September 30, 2025 02:00 AM
Synopsis

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Karur. She met families of stampede victims. Forty-one people died in the recent incident. She also visited injured individuals at the hospital. The Minister conveyed sorrow. She advocated for national standard operating procedures. These procedures would apply to all public gatherings. This aims to prevent future tragedies.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said she had no words to describe the sorrow of the families who lost their loved ones in the stampede here on September 27 and added that such incidents should not happen again anywhere.

She favoured the framing of a standard operating procedure for public gatherings, especially when a large number of women and children too gather, and that it should be applicable for the entire country.

The Union Finance Minister, accompanied by Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan, visited the Government Medical College Hospital, Karur, and met the injured and enquired about their health condition.


Later, she interacted with doctors about the treatment being provided to the injured. She met the families who lost their kin in the stampede.

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As many as 41 people died in the stampede at a rally of actor Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam at Velusamypuram on September 27 night.
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