Two days after deadly crash of a school bus with a train at an unmanned level crossing in Medak district, killing 20, the Telangana Government has launched a drive of checking the school buses to ensure the safety of the students.
Meanwhile, 20 injured students were still undergoing treatment at the Yashoda Hospital and condition of four of them was very critical as they had suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries. The students who were physically in a better condition were also not able to talk as doctors said that they had suffered shock and trauma. According to a medical bulletin, eight students were shifted to general ward in view of improvement in their condition.
TRS MP K Kavita visited Yashoda Hospital on Saturday and inquired and went around to see the condition of the students. later speaking to the media persons she said that the state government would extend every possible help to the affected families.
CPI national executive member K Narayana said that the government was responsible for the accident as it failed to fix a gat at the level crossing. “There are 14000 such unmanned level crossings in the country. He demanded an exgratia of Rs 25 lakh to the families of deceased students and Rs 10 lakh to the injured.
Meanwhile on the first day of the drive, transport department seized a large number of buses in the state as they were unfit to run. They seized 22 buses in Medak, 8 in Nizamabad, 14 in Warangal 31 in Hyderabad 34 in Ranga Reddy, 3 in Mahbubnagar and 8 in Karimnagar district.Meanwhile mixing up the identities of a deceased and an injure student led to a painful situation. While Swamy Goud and his family were handed over the body of a student saying their son Darshan had died in the accident. The shocked and traumatized buried the body. But next day situation took a dramatic turn when they were called to inform that their son was alive and under going treatment.