According to an official order issued on Saturday, the three-member panel set up to investigate the stampede at the famous Vaishno Devi shrine has been asked to submit its report to the Jammu and Kashmir government within a week.
The committee headed by the principal secretary home was constituted by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha after a stampede at the shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district in the early hours of Saturday, which left 12 pilgrims dead and over a dozen injured.
In an order issued this evening on behalf of the J&K government, General Administration Department Principal Secretary Manoj Kumar Dwivedi said a high-level panel has been constituted to determine the reasons behind the tragic incident.
The two other members of the committee are Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer and Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh.
The Committee will examine the causes behind the incident and point out the lapses and fix the responsibility for it, the order said.
The committee will submit its report within a week's time to the government and recommend appropriate operating procedures and measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in future.