Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 2005 December Chennai stampede incident happened on 18 December 2005 in a school in MGR Nagar in Chennai, the capital of the South Indian state of Tamil nadu, where the relief supplies were distributed by the state government for the people affected by the floods. There were 42 casualties in the accident, which left another 37 injured. The state government appointed a one man commission under retired justice A Raman to look into the enquiry. The state government also announced a compensation of one lakh for all the victims and 15,000 for the injured.During 2005, there were heavy rains in the state and the coastal areas of the state were flooded. Many people were rendered homeless by the floods during the months of November and December and relief measures were announced by the government that necessitated collecting tokens from that authorities in different centres across the city. The government centres setup at different areas were distributing 2,000, 10 kg of rice, dhotis and saris to the people affected by the floods.On 18 December 2005, Sunday, around 4,500 people were gathered around the Arignar Anna Government High school in MGR Nagar by 3.am. where the tokens to the relief measures were about to be distributed by 9 a.m. There were sudden downpour at 3:45 a.m and rumours that the relief measures would be given only on first come first basis to 1,000 families. At around 4 a.m, people broke off the cordons set by police to enter the building. There was a concrete slope at the entrance and people at the front end of the queue slipped and others stumbled over them, resulting in the stampede. The councillor of the area, Dhanasekaran was accused by the police of spreading the rumour and was booked in Goondas Act.. }
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- 2005_December_Chennai_Stampede abstract "The 2005 December Chennai stampede incident happened on 18 December 2005 in a school in MGR Nagar in Chennai, the capital of the South Indian state of Tamil nadu, where the relief supplies were distributed by the state government for the people affected by the floods. There were 42 casualties in the accident, which left another 37 injured. The state government appointed a one man commission under retired justice A Raman to look into the enquiry. The state government also announced a compensation of one lakh for all the victims and 15,000 for the injured.During 2005, there were heavy rains in the state and the coastal areas of the state were flooded. Many people were rendered homeless by the floods during the months of November and December and relief measures were announced by the government that necessitated collecting tokens from that authorities in different centres across the city. The government centres setup at different areas were distributing 2,000, 10 kg of rice, dhotis and saris to the people affected by the floods.On 18 December 2005, Sunday, around 4,500 people were gathered around the Arignar Anna Government High school in MGR Nagar by 3.am. where the tokens to the relief measures were about to be distributed by 9 a.m. There were sudden downpour at 3:45 a.m and rumours that the relief measures would be given only on first come first basis to 1,000 families. At around 4 a.m, people broke off the cordons set by police to enter the building. There was a concrete slope at the entrance and people at the front end of the queue slipped and others stumbled over them, resulting in the stampede. The councillor of the area, Dhanasekaran was accused by the police of spreading the rumour and was booked in Goondas Act.".