Karur: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday expressed deep shock over the unfortunate Karur stampede incident that has claimed the lives of 41 people, and advocated for a standard operating procedure (SOP) to effectively manage large public gatherings to deter such incidents.

“There’s no bad time for setting proper SOP for public matters, particularly where there will be huge public assemblies. We are probably too late. We should have a better way of public gathering management, not just in one state, but the entire country,” Sitharaman said while addressing a press conference here.

Labelling the stampede incident as “shocking”, the Union Finance Minister informed that she and Union Minister of State (MoS) L. Murugan were visiting Karur at the advice of Prime Minister Nar

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