Former CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy visited the families of victims who lost their lives in the Simhachalam temple wall collapse in Visakhapatnam.
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00:00Former Chief Minister, Why is Jagan Mohan Ready? met families of the victims of a devastating
00:08temple wall collapse that claimed at least eight lives. Soon after, a political war erupted.
00:13These are the grieving families of the victims of the Vishakhapatnam temple tragedy where
00:17a cement wall collapsed at Simachalam temple on April 30, 2025.
00:21Who is responsible for this? The response from the government authorities is zero and
00:26which resulted in the deaths of innocent devotees. The incident occurred near a shopping
00:30complex where devotees were queuing for darshan tickets. The region had been hit by heavy rains
00:35for over an hour and due to Simachalam's hilly terrain, the loose soil and unstable tents
00:40reportedly triggered the collapse of the newly constructed wall.
00:43Gotham Reddy of Jagan's YSRCP party criticized the Chandrababu Naidu-led government alleging a
00:49complete failure in ensuring proper arrangements for devotees.
00:53This is the failure of Chandrababu Naidu. It's not a first time. In the year 2015,
00:59at the time of Godavari Pushkarams, 30 people are died due to the failure of the Chandrababu Naidu.
01:05And moreover, Chandrababu Naidu destroyed the entire temples also in Andhra Pradesh.
01:12Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-crash of Rs. 2 lakh each for the families
01:17of the deceased and Rs. 50,000 for the injured from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.
01:22Chief Minister Naidu also announced Rs. 25 lakh compensation for each bereft family,
01:28along with Rs. 3 lakh assistance for those injured in the accident.