Congress leader Hanumantha Rao on Friday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a bus accident in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district and said that governments must take measures to curb such incidents.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a bus accident in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district and announced an ex-gratia.
At least nine people were killed after a bus overturned on the ghat road between Chinturu and Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district on Friday, said ASR District Collector Dinesh Kumar.
In a tragic incident, three people were killed, and several were left injured after a sleeper bus collided with a truck near Fatehpur on the Jaipur-Bikaner National Highway in Sikar at 11 pm on Tuesday night.
Transport Minister Sivasankar and Cooperation Minister KR Periya Karuppan also visited the injured undergoing treatment at Sivagangai Government Medical College Hospital. The ministers also paid respects to the deceased, garlanding their bodies.
According to a Sivaganga district police press release, the mishap took place about near Vivekananda Polytechnic College under Tuirupattur sub-division and Nachiyar Puram Police Station.
Tehri's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) informed ANI that a total of 18 people were on board the bus. Five people died, and three injured were referred to AIIMS Rishikesh, while 10 others have been sent to Narendra Nagar hospital for treatment.
Five people died and several others were injured after a bus fell nearly 70 metres into a gorge near the Kunjapuri-Hindolakhal area under Narendra Nagar in Tehri district on Monday.
Tehri District Control Room alerted the SDRF Battalion about the accident in the afternoon. The bus is reported to have plunged into a deep gorge along a hilly stretch, though the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.