CHENNAI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured that the Union government has no hesitation in establishing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the better management of public gatherings across the country, after visiting Karur, reeling under grief over the stampede tragedy.

Nirmala Sitharaman made this assurance after meeting people who are undergoing treatment at the Karur Government Medical College Hospital, during a visit alongside Cabinet colleague L Murugan. She also visited the stampede spot at Velusamy Puram and the bereaved families. “I found no words to express after visiting the families who lost their dear ones and the earning members,” she told the reporters.

The minister added that the central government doesn’t shy away from framing a set of stan

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