New Delhi: Congress MP from Chamarajanagar R. Dhruvanarayan on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction aid to the victims of Chamarajanagar temple tragedy from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
Raising the issue of the death of 14 devotees at Sulwadi Maramma Temple in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district, Dhruvanarayan said that 14 people have already lost their lives and some among the nearly 100 victims hospitalised are critical. “Hence, I request the Union Government to consider this tragedy as a national disaster and release aid from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for the poor families,” he said while making a special mention of the incident in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
