Telangana Human Rights body seeks report over Chevella bus accident that killed 19

The commission observed that recurring accidents in the region highlight serious lapses in road safety management, enforcement, and infrastructure maintenance

Hyderabad: Taking suo motu cognizance of the tragic road accident near Mirjaguda village in Chevella mandal, Ranga Reddy district, on Monday where 19 people lost their lives after a gravel-laden tipper collided with a Telangana RTC bus on the Hyderabad–Bijapur Highway, the Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) has sought comprehensive reports from multiple departments.

Headed by Dr Justice Shameem Akther, the Commission directed the Transport, Home, Mines & Geology, NHAI, District Collector (Ranga Reddy), and TGRTC to submit detailed factual and action-taken reports by December 15.

It observed that recurring accidents in the region highlight serious lapses in road safety management, enforcement, and infrastructure maintenance — violations that effectively compromise the Right to Life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

Meanwhile videos of the bodies of those who died in the mishap being heaped into the rear portion of a towing vehicle from the accident site to the hospital had gone viral on the internet and drew flak for handling the bodies in an 'inhuman' manner instead of using ambulances.

Also on Tuesday local youth in Tandur staged protests in the main junction of the town demanding immediate repair of a road that has been utterly neglected for years that had led to the death of 19 lives in a ghastly road mishap on Monday.