Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) outlined the framework of RCB Cares, which is their long-term commitment to fans. This initiative focuses on supporting, empowering, and elevating the 12th Man Army through meaningful actions.
Earlier, the Bengaluru-based franchise announced a financial aid of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the victims who tragically lost their lives in the stampede outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during the team's victory celebrations on June 4.
During the team's victory celebrations, 11 fans lost their lives, and that left the entire cricketing fraternity and RCB fans across the country in shock. RCB took their Instagram to express grief over the loss and assured continuous support to the bereaved families under their new initiative, "RCB CARES."
"RCB Cares is our long-term commitment to support, empower and elevate our 12th Man Army, through meaningful action. ▪ Provide support that goes beyond financial aid ▪ Build safe & inclusive environments ▪ Empower communities with real opportunities ▪ Invest in independent research on crowd safety ▪ Elevate fan memory into something permanent ▪ Build futures through sport" captioned RCB.
"RCB CARES" will build safe and inclusive environments that will work with the stadium authorities, sporting bodies, and league partners to design better crowd management protocols. This will also empower communities with real opportunities and social development programs that kicked off in rural Karnataka, starting with the Siddi community.
"RCB CARES" will invest in independent research on crowd safety and create a fan-safety audit framework and train our on-ground partners annually on crowd management and emergency response.
A day after RCB's memorable win on June 4, 11 people lost their lives and over 50 were injured in a stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy stadium as a massive crowd of nearly 3 lakh people had gathered to witness the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, celebrating their maiden IPL trophy win.