Seven individuals together with a girl died and eight others had been injured on Wednesday after they fell in a drainage canal in Kandukur city in Nellore district, the police stated.

IMAGE: Individuals collect at TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s roadshow in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, December 28, 2022. {Photograph}: ANI Picture

The mishap occurred when the Chief of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu was addressing a highway present there.

Individuals gathered in giant quantity on the assembly venue and there was some jostle among the many public in the course of the assembly, resulting in stampede-like state of affairs on the canal, they stated based mostly on preliminary data.

They stated the clear image would emerge later.

The injured are present process therapy in hospital.

Naidu who instantly cancelled the assembly introduced Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased.

He additionally requested the celebration leaders to make sure higher medical care to the injured.