Country's worst-ever bus accident: 57 pilgrims killed in Telangana

In the worst-ever bus accident in Republic of India, fifty seven folks were killed once a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus fell into a depression, thirty feet down, from the stairway road at Sanivarampet village of Kondagattu mandal in Jagtial district of Telangana on Tues.

This is the primary time that fifty seven folks are killed in a very road accident involving a bus within the country. many others square measure critically contused, and therefore the cost could rise. the very best bus tragedy toll up to now within the country was fifty one deaths in Kashmir. In associate earlier tragedy in Telangana, forty five folks were burn to death as a non-public bus caught hearth in Mahbubnagar district.

The bus happiness to Jagtial depot was filled with eighty eight passengers. it had been coming back from Kondagattu, the Hill shrine of Sri Anjaneya Swamy. The mishap occurred once the busman lost management over the wheel close to Sanivarampet. The bus was continuing to Jagtial, district headquarters city.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the incident.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has additionally expressed condolences.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has expressed deep shock over the incident.

Telangana minister and CM KCR's son KT avatar Rao has additionally expressed grief over the incident.

The busman, Srinivas, reportedly did not hamper as he couldn't see the speed breaker on the road. beneath the impact the driving force lost management over the wheel leading to the bus falling into the gorge. The bus turned fourfold on the road before it fell into the depression. because the bus was jam-packed, a number of the passengers fell on the driving force leading to the mishap. Incidentally, Srinivas received a commendation certificate from TSRTC authorities on July 4 this year for his worthy services.
It is believed that the majority of the passengers died thanks to suffocation as they fell over each other. The regime declared ex-gratia of Rs five large integer every to the kin of the victims. The TSRTC additionally declared ex-gratia of Rs three large integer every to the kin of the deceased. Municipal and IT minister KT avatar Rao, World Health Organization hurried to the spot, supervised the relief operations. The critically contused were shifted to Hyderabad and Karimnagar for higher treatment.

President Ramnath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, AICC president Rahul Gandhi, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, YSRCP president YS Jaganmohan Reddy and several other leaders expressed grief over the bus tragedy.
District officers hurried to the spot shortly once the mishap and took up rescue and relief operations. Bodies were retrieved from the depression and shifted to Jagtial government hospital for identification and post-mortem examination. The police have known forty five of the victims. Most of the victims were girls and on top of forty years.
Some of the passengers were coming back from the Hill shrine of Sri Anjaneya Swamy. Tues is taken into account auspicious by the native devotees. There was a significant rush of pilgrims at the temple.
Earlier, Chandrasekhar Rao directed officers to produce higher health care to the contused. District in-charge minister Etala Rajender was asked to rush to the spot and because the toll mounted alternative ministers together with transport minister Mahender Reddy too visited the accident spot and hospital in Jagtial.
Jagtial district superintendent of police Sindhu Sharma and district collector Sharath swung into action shortly once the mishap. RTC authorities have suspended Jagtial depot manager Hanumantha Rao following the accident.
A team of a minimum of six specialists together with orthopedics, anaesthetists and general surgeons from tertiary care hospitals – Osmania, Gandhi and NIMS – from Hyderabad square measure planning to the contused. Ambulances were unbroken prepared for any emergency as many folks were contused. this can be the primary time ever that the district hospital has received such a large amount of contused patients on one day.
Mahender Reddy reached the spot in a very chopper from Vikarabad and ordered officers to conduct an in depth inquiry into the incident. He additionally secure that strict action would be taken against those guilty. A pall of gloom descended on the district hospital and villages around Kondagattu from wherever the victims hailed.