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Puri stampede: 4-member team to assist DC in probe
Orissa POST
|July 03, 2025
The state government Wednesday formed a four-member team to assist Development Commissioner (DC) Anu Garg to complete an inquiry into the Puri stampede within 30 days.
Garg has been asked to conduct the administrative inquiry into the death of three persons and the injury to around 50 people in the stampede near Gundicha Temple in Puri during the Rath Yatra festivities June 29.
According to an order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) department, four Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have been included in the team.
Joint Director of Estates and GA&PG department's Additional Secretary Manas Ranjan Samal, and Housing and Urban Development department Additional Secretary Binaya Kumar Dash are part of the four-member team.
Two others are Water Resources department Additional Secretary Rashmi Ranjan Nayak and Works department Additional Secretary Pradip Kumar Sahoo.
This story is from the July 03, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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