Patna, Nov. 2 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha on Sunday called for additional measures to prevent stampede-like incidents in the country, raising questions about the stampede at the Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam.

He inquired about the absence of a Standard Operating Procedure during the Venkateswara Swamy Temple stampede, noting that in the country, managing the crowd is often more challenging than gathering it.

"I repeatedly say that we have created a situation in this country where gathering a crowd is not difficult, but managing the crowd is difficult. Why is there no SOP for crowd management which should be there...Something should be done so that this does not happen in the future," Manoj Jha told AN...