The mishap is a result of gross negligence of the govt which failed to regulate the movements of the pilgrims despite knowing that there would be such a surge of devotees on the annual celebration.This is an eye opener for all the religious places where congregation of people is expected to be large like this to take all precautions to regulate the mobility of the devotees and ensure non-recurrence of such incidents-especially in places like Sabarmalai also which had incurred already brunt of such mishap in the past for once.