Srikakulam, Nov. 3 -- Andhra Pradesh Minister for Agriculture, accompanied by union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu today handed over Rs 15 lakhs as ex gratia payment to the families of the nine deceased in the stampede at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Kashibugga village in Srikakulam district on Saturday. Eight women and a teenage boy died.
The Ministers went to the houses of the deceased at Pittalisariya, Rameswaram and Shivarampuram villages and handed over the ex gratia cheques of Rs 15 lakh each to the kin of the deceased. They assured the bereaved families of extending all required help. Rammohan Naidu said that Rs 2 lakh ex gratia would be given by the Central government soon to the bereaved families.
Meanwhile, Sta...