Ten people, who were on their way to Tirupati, died in an accident after the vehicle in which they were travelling rammed into a granite-laden lorry at Pocharam village on NH-9. The area falls under the Patancheru police station limits.
The victims (three families) were identified based on the vehicle registration number and other documents found on them. Members of the first family were Sunil Yadram Alwar, 42, his wife Alka, 35, their daughter Ashwini, 17, and their nephew, Ananta Anil, 19.
The second family included Ramesh, 40, his wife Surekha, 36, and their son Amul, 15. The third family comprised Haridas Atmaram Kale, 47, his wife, Sunita, 40, and their daughter, Bhagyasree, 18. All the victims were residents of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, and Sunil Yadram Alwar, Ramesh and Haridas Atmaram Kale, were partners in Ganesh Industries, an automobile spare parts industry located at Ahmednagar.
The Patancheru police said that at about 4 pm on Saturday, they had set off in a Scorpio to Tirupati, and the accident occurred at around 2 am at Pocharam village.
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Five pilgrims mowed down by speeding car at Kumbh Mela
Five Kumbh pilgrims were killed and nine others injured when they were hit by an overspeeding car carrying Naga Sadhus at Birla Ghat bridge area today.
The accident took place when a procession of ‘Joona Akhara’ was moving towards Har-Ki-Pauri, the main bathing ghat, and the crowd lined up on the roadside to witness it was hit by the vehicle, SSP, Kumbh Mela, Ajay Rautela said.
He said five pilgrims, including three women and a girl, were killed and nine others injured in the accident. The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.
The injured have been admitted to the mela hospital.
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of the kin of those killed.
Expressing grief over the incident, Nishank has asked the administration to provide best medical treatment to the injured.
During the fourth and last royal bath on the occasion of Mesh Sankranti today, nearly 80 lakh pilgrims including Sadhus and seers belonging to various akharas have taken a dip in the Kumbh area, official sources said.
Various ghats of Haridwar and Rishikesh were seen flooded with pilgrims since last night.
The accident took place when a procession of ‘Joona Akhara’ was moving towards Har-Ki-Pauri, the main bathing ghat, and the crowd lined up on the roadside to witness it was hit by the vehicle, SSP, Kumbh Mela, Ajay Rautela said.
He said five pilgrims, including three women and a girl, were killed and nine others injured in the accident. The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.
The injured have been admitted to the mela hospital.
Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of the kin of those killed.
Expressing grief over the incident, Nishank has asked the administration to provide best medical treatment to the injured.
During the fourth and last royal bath on the occasion of Mesh Sankranti today, nearly 80 lakh pilgrims including Sadhus and seers belonging to various akharas have taken a dip in the Kumbh area, official sources said.
Various ghats of Haridwar and Rishikesh were seen flooded with pilgrims since last night.
Monday, March 8, 2010
12 villagers killed in Nalgonda accident
In a ghastly accident, 12 villagers, including five children, were killed en route the temple of a village goddess when the tractor in which they were travelling overturned on a tank bund and plunged into a pond near Chennarigudem village in Chilkur mandal on Sunday.
Most of the victims, mainly women and children, met a watery grave after they were trapped under the trolley and a shamiana (tent) which they carried for their temple visit. The tragedy occured when they were on their way to attend a lunch hosted by one of their relatives in connection with a ‘Keshakandana' ceremony at the Mysamma temple. According to the police, a tractor trolley carrying about 24 villagers from Chennarigudem to Mysamma temple at Bethavolu overturned when the driver lost control while trying to avoid an autorickshaw coming in the opposite direction on the narrow tank bund in the afternoon.
Eleven villagers, including four girls and a boy, drowned in the pond along with the tractor trolley. Of the three grievously injured passengers, a woman succumbed to her wounds while being shifted to a hospital in Kodad.
The deceased were identified as P Bhagyamma (30), B Gopi (9), B Sudha (8), L Chittaiah (65), P Lokhabhi (55), B Durga (9), K Srikala (12), G Navya (12), P Pulamma (50), B Sambaiah (60), P Alivelu (35) and Chandrakala (35).
Tractor driver Kutumba Rao escaped with minor injuries, but his wife Chandrakala and daughter Srikala perished in the mishap, police sources said. Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar, who supervised the rescue operations at the site, told The Hindu that reckless driving led to the accident. The shamiana carried by the passengers in the trolley proved fatal for women and children.
Most of the victims, mainly women and children, met a watery grave after they were trapped under the trolley and a shamiana (tent) which they carried for their temple visit. The tragedy occured when they were on their way to attend a lunch hosted by one of their relatives in connection with a ‘Keshakandana' ceremony at the Mysamma temple. According to the police, a tractor trolley carrying about 24 villagers from Chennarigudem to Mysamma temple at Bethavolu overturned when the driver lost control while trying to avoid an autorickshaw coming in the opposite direction on the narrow tank bund in the afternoon.
Eleven villagers, including four girls and a boy, drowned in the pond along with the tractor trolley. Of the three grievously injured passengers, a woman succumbed to her wounds while being shifted to a hospital in Kodad.
The deceased were identified as P Bhagyamma (30), B Gopi (9), B Sudha (8), L Chittaiah (65), P Lokhabhi (55), B Durga (9), K Srikala (12), G Navya (12), P Pulamma (50), B Sambaiah (60), P Alivelu (35) and Chandrakala (35).
Tractor driver Kutumba Rao escaped with minor injuries, but his wife Chandrakala and daughter Srikala perished in the mishap, police sources said. Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar, who supervised the rescue operations at the site, told The Hindu that reckless driving led to the accident. The shamiana carried by the passengers in the trolley proved fatal for women and children.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Toddler mowed down by van
In a tragic incident here on Thursday, an 18-month-old girl, who had accompanied her mother to pick up her elder sister from a school-van alighting point at the Malaysian Township in Kukatpally, was crushed under the rear wheels of the school van.
According to the Kukatpally police, Aleti Hansika of the Malaysian Township accompanied her mother Kalyani to the alighting point in the township to bring her sister Jahnavi.
As soon as the school van arrived, Kalyani left Hansika on the footpath and went to the other side of the road. She did not notice Hansika walking behind her. Kalyani helped Jahnavi get down the van and turned back. But, Hansika was stranded there and came under the rear wheels of the bus, police said.
Hansika’s father, Ravi Babu, a Human Resource manager with CTS, located at Madhapur, is in Chennai on official work, said the Kukatpally inspector, Mr Laxminarayana.
The driver of the van fled the spot soon after the accident. Police registered a case under Section 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC against the van driver.
According to the Kukatpally police, Aleti Hansika of the Malaysian Township accompanied her mother Kalyani to the alighting point in the township to bring her sister Jahnavi.
As soon as the school van arrived, Kalyani left Hansika on the footpath and went to the other side of the road. She did not notice Hansika walking behind her. Kalyani helped Jahnavi get down the van and turned back. But, Hansika was stranded there and came under the rear wheels of the bus, police said.
Hansika’s father, Ravi Babu, a Human Resource manager with CTS, located at Madhapur, is in Chennai on official work, said the Kukatpally inspector, Mr Laxminarayana.
The driver of the van fled the spot soon after the accident. Police registered a case under Section 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC against the van driver.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Two dead in gas leak from Coromandel International Limited's; Kakinada
Two persons died of exposure to a liquid ammonia leak from the Coromandel International Limited's (CIL) fertiliser plant here late on Monday night.
The deceased were identified as operators D. Madhusudana Rao (52) and G. Ram Prasad (48). They were directly impacted by the poisonous substance while trying to plug the leakage. Five persons are receiving treatment in the ICU and 21 others in the ENT ward of the Government General Hospital (GGH). Their condition is stable, according to GGH superintendent (in-charge) K.Babji.
The sudden burst of liquid ammonia caused panic in the surrounding areas. People in the nearby habitations ran away as the chemical quickly spread in the air causing breathing difficulties and burning sensation in the skin and eyes. Residents of the fishing harbour area situated close to the CIL plant, had a dip in the sea to mitigate the impact while others gasped for breath.
They were temporarily evacuated from the vicinity of the fertiliser plant. The situation was however brought to normal when the pipelines were shut down by the CIL engineers.
The incident occurred when, according to a press release by the CIL, a ‘flange gasket joint’ failed causing the release of ‘a pool of liquid ammonia’ while it was being diverted into the main atmospheric tanks by operating the changeover valves after stabilisation.
It is standard procedure to stabilise liquid ammonia at the jetty (where it is unloaded) by taking it into spheres and then transfer it to pipelines through atmospheric tanks. The leakage took place when the valves failed. The leak was controlled by fire crews of CIL, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Spectrum Power with the help of government fire service corps.
The deceased were identified as operators D. Madhusudana Rao (52) and G. Ram Prasad (48). They were directly impacted by the poisonous substance while trying to plug the leakage. Five persons are receiving treatment in the ICU and 21 others in the ENT ward of the Government General Hospital (GGH). Their condition is stable, according to GGH superintendent (in-charge) K.Babji.
The sudden burst of liquid ammonia caused panic in the surrounding areas. People in the nearby habitations ran away as the chemical quickly spread in the air causing breathing difficulties and burning sensation in the skin and eyes. Residents of the fishing harbour area situated close to the CIL plant, had a dip in the sea to mitigate the impact while others gasped for breath.
They were temporarily evacuated from the vicinity of the fertiliser plant. The situation was however brought to normal when the pipelines were shut down by the CIL engineers.
The incident occurred when, according to a press release by the CIL, a ‘flange gasket joint’ failed causing the release of ‘a pool of liquid ammonia’ while it was being diverted into the main atmospheric tanks by operating the changeover valves after stabilisation.
It is standard procedure to stabilise liquid ammonia at the jetty (where it is unloaded) by taking it into spheres and then transfer it to pipelines through atmospheric tanks. The leakage took place when the valves failed. The leak was controlled by fire crews of CIL, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Spectrum Power with the help of government fire service corps.
