Hyderabad, Aug. 18 -- The Telangana government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakhs each to the families of those who lost their lives in the electrocution during a Krishnaastami procession in Ranga Reddy district, while also assuring full medical support for the injured.

State IT & Industries Minister and In-charge Minister for the erstwhile Ranga Reddy district, Duddilla Sridhar Babu, visited Gandhi Hospital and consoled the bereaved families of the Victims.

During his visit to Gandhi Hospital, Minister Sridhar announced that an ex-gratia of Rs. 5 lakhs would be provided to each of the bereaved families and that the Government would cover the entire medical expenses of the injured.

The Minister called the incident extremely trag...