Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Mar 21: In an incident that occurred on Saturday, March 20 at Sasihithlu near here, a stage set for guests and eminent personalities at the inauguration ceremony of Nandini River Utsav at Nandini river bank, collapsed.
Luckily no one, including tourism minister Yogeshwar was hurt.
Karnataka Tourism department has organized Nandini Utsav for two days. The inauguration of the same was scheduled to be held on the evening of Saturday. Minister Yogeshwar was supposed to inaugurate this festival. As he was climbing the stage, it collapsed.
As the stage collapsed, some guests, including minister Yogeshwar fell down and there was chaos all around for some time. However, volunteers at the function quickly rendered help and took them to safety.