Ngokwemithombo yeendaba yasekhaya, abantu aba-6 baphulukene nobomi babo kwaye malunga ne-40 abanye bonzakala ngexesha lokunyathelana okukhulu kwitempile yaseTirupati kwindawo ethandwayo yabakhenkethi eIndiya, Andhra Pradesh.
Le ntlekele yehla xa inyambalala yabazinikeleyo neendwendwe zamaHindu zahlanganisana etempileni ukuze zibe nenxaxheba komnye wemibhiyozo ephambili yokuwongamela uLord Vishnu, ehlala itsalela izihlwele ezikhulu nyaka ngamnye.
Amakhulu abazinikeleyo, ababambelele kwinkolelo yokuba ukungqina uthixo ngeli xesha lomthendeleko kunika izibonelelo zokomoya, baye bavuthuza ukuze bafumane iimpawu eziyimfuneko zokungena etempileni kwaye banike imbeko kwiNkosi uVishnu, eyaziwa ngokuba yiNkosi Venkateshwara eTirumala, ngaphambi komnyhadala oqala ngomso.
Ngokutsho kwabaphathi betempile, “amalungiselelo apheleleyo” ayesele enziwe ukuze kuhlangatyezwane nezihlwele ezikhulu ebudeni bomthendeleko weentsuku ezilishumi.
Iingxelo ezingqubanayo ezivela kumajelo eendaba ahlukeneyo ziye zavela malunga noyena nobangela wokufa kwabantu. Amanye amangqina anika ingxelo yokuba ibhinqa elalisemgceni lafumana isicaphucaphu, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekubeni abasemagunyeni bavule amasango ngeenzame zokukhawulezisa isithuthi sakhe esisa esibhedlele. Ukuvulwa kwesango kubangele ukugxalathelana kwesihlwele ngesiquphe, nto leyo eyabangela umbhodamo owalandelayo.
Iividiyo ekwabelwana ngazo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo zibonisa amapolisa ezama ukulawula isihlwele njengoko abantu abazinikeleyo kunye neendwendwe zityhalana phakathi kweso siphithiphithi. Imifanekiso eyongezelelweyo ibonisa amapolisa alawula i-CPR kubantu abenzakeleyo abazinikeleyo emva kwestampede.
Abaphathi beTempile baqinisekisa ukuba izixhobo zokubala ezingama-91 bezisebenza kunikezelo lwamathokheni olucwangciselwe phakathi kusasa namhlanje. Nangona kunjalo, inani elikhulu labazinikeleyo laqala ukuhlanganisana kakuhle kwangaphambili ngokulindela ukufumana amathokheni.
Usihlalo webhodi ye-Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ibhekiselele kwimeko yokuphatha kakubi kwaye yachaza ukuba amanyathelo aye aphunyezwa ukunciphisa ukukhathazeka kwezithuthi eTirupati.
"Phantse amagosa amapolisa angama-3,000, ukongeza kubasebenzi be-TTD be-1,550, asetyenziselwe amanyathelo okhuseleko," wongezelela.
Inkosi yeTTD yagxininisa ukuba kuphela ngabo bazinikeleyo abaneethokheni abaya kuvunyelwa ukuba bajoyine imigca, ngenxa yendawo yokuhlala encinci ekhoyo eTirumala, indawo yetempile. Ngokwamagosa e-TTD, umndilili wokuzimasa imihla ngemihla etempileni malunga neendwendwe ezingama-90,000.
Inkulumbuso yase-India uNarendra Modi uvakalise amazwi ovelwano ku-X (kwimo ye-Twitter) malunga nesinyanzelo, esithi urhulumente welizwe unika "lonke uncedo olunokwenzeka kwabo bachaphazelekayo."
Umphathiswa oyiNtloko waseAndhra Pradesh uNara Chandrababu Naidu, oyinxalenye yeModi ekhokelwa yiModi yeDemocratic Alliance ngoku olawulayo kwinqanaba lesizwe, uchaze esi siganeko "njengesiphazamisa kakhulu."
Ulawulo lwetempile sele lujongene nokuhlolwa okubalulekileyo kunyaka ophelileyo. NgoSeptemba, u-Chandrababu Naidu watyhola ukuba iilekese ezaziwa ngokuba yi-'laddus,' bezisetyenziselwa abantu abatya imifuno kwitempile yaseSri Venkateswara, zazingcoliswe ngamafutha ezilwanyana. Ukulandela oku, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseIndiya yagxeka urhulumente waseAndhra Pradesh ngokunyusa ingxabano ngaphandle kobungqina obubambekayo.
