The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the hill shrine of Sabarimala, has begun the process of distributing solatium of Rs. 2.50 lakh each to the families of the 102 devotees who died in the stampede at Pullumedu on January 14.
Most of the devotees, who died in the tragedy, mostly from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, were returning home after the ‘Makaravilakku’ darshan at the Lord Ayyappa temple.
The relief for the families of four Keralites killed in the stampede would be distributed on April 6 through collectorates at Ernakulam and Palakkad and Taluk office at Tirurangadi in Malappuram.
The payment for the families of the victims from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh would be channelled through the revenue departments of the States concerned, TDB sources said.
