Gandhinagar, Feb 28 2012
Already in the dock over a stampede in which seven devotees were killed at a Mahashivratri fair at Bhavnath temple in Junagadh earlier this month, the Gujarat government today sought to pass on the blame to the civic body for the tragedy. Narendra Modi government has been under attack from the opposition Congress for not making adequate arrangements for the fair where tens of thousands of pilgrims had gathered on Mahashivratri day. "We had released a grant of Rs 5 crore to Junagadh Municipal Corporation around two years ago for widening the bridge there...It is unfortunate that the work was not completed," Minister of Urban Development Nitin Patel told the state assembly. "Had the width of the bridge been increased the tragedy could had been averted," he said while replying to a question from a Congress MLA. Seven persons, including three women and two children, were trampled to death in the stampede that took place on night of February 19. However, the Opposition Leader Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that it was mis-management on part of the state government which led to the tragedy in which precious lives were lost. Following the incident, the state government had constituted an inquiry panel headed by the additional chief secretary Varun Mayra. The state government had also announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh for the family of the deceased.
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