India, Oct. 8 -- Preventable tragedies at Karur and Bengaluru highlight systemic failures in crowd management, administrative oversight, and safety protocols. Urgent reforms, accountability, and adoption of technology like AI are essential to protect citizens during mass gatherings and political rallies

The images from Karur, of anguished families and the leftover chappals scattered at the TVK rally site, will forever remain etched in my memory. What unfolded at the TVK rally on 27 September was a preventable human tragedy. As a member of the eight-member National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fact-finding committee constituted by our national president J.P. Nadda, I witnessed first-hand the devastating consequences of administrative neglige...