Date:27/12/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/12/27/stories/2005122700211001.htm

Back Stampede deaths

This refers to the recent stampede deaths in Chennai where government flood-aid packages were being distributed.

The Government should establish a transparent system wherein the relief for victims is delivered at their homes, akin to money-orders. Assembling thousands of people who have undergone misery and sometimes at the risk of their lives amounts to no help at all.

V. S. Venkatavaradan

Salem

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