Expert panel to establish reason behind MP bus accident, advocate steps to forestall such incidents 

By PTI

REWA: The Rewa district administration has fashioned a committee of specialists to conduct a probe into the reason for a bus accident that claimed 15 lives and injured 40 individuals right here and to make suggestions to keep away from such incidents in future, officers mentioned on Sunday.

Out of the injured individuals, 32 have to this point left for his or her houses in UP, a police official mentioned.

The accident happened round 11.30 pm on Friday close to Teonthar city when the bus, principally carrying labourers and going to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad, rammed right into a trailer-truck from behind whereas negotiating the slope of a mountain street at Sohagi Ghati in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh.

Earlier additionally some accidents had taken place on the street, an official mentioned.

“The district administration has formed a committee to look into the cause of the accident and prevent its recurrence on the mountain road in Sohagi Ghati,” Superintendent of Police Navneet Bhasin informed PTI over cellphone.

A sub-divisional Justice of the Peace, sub-divisional officer of police, regional transport officer and different specialists will probably be members of the committee, he mentioned.

The panel will look at the bus and test its health. It may also checklist methods to convey enhancements on the street the place the bus crashed, the official mentioned. A proper order on the formation of the committee can be out shortly, he added.

Rewa Collector Manoj Pushp mentioned the committee will look at the bus and in addition examine the street situation from completely different angles given some accidents had taken place on it earlier.

The committee would have an professional from the Government Engineering College at Rewa, the official mentioned.

“We want to ensure that such an accident does not reoccur,” he added.

Meanwhile, 32 out of the 40 injured individuals have left for his or her houses since Saturday. One extra injured particular person would depart on Sunday after his household arrives right here, Bhasin mentioned.

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Saturday expressed grief over the lack of lives within the bus accident.

Modi had additionally introduced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the following of kin of every deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured individuals.

REWA: The Rewa district administration has fashioned a committee of specialists to conduct a probe into the reason for a bus accident that claimed 15 lives and injured 40 individuals right here and to make suggestions to keep away from such incidents in future, officers mentioned on Sunday.

Out of the injured individuals, 32 have to this point left for his or her houses in UP, a police official mentioned.

The accident happened round 11.30 pm on Friday close to Teonthar city when the bus, principally carrying labourers and going to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad, rammed right into a trailer-truck from behind whereas negotiating the slope of a mountain street at Sohagi Ghati in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh.

Earlier additionally some accidents had taken place on the street, an official mentioned.

“The district administration has formed a committee to look into the cause of the accident and prevent its recurrence on the mountain road in Sohagi Ghati,” Superintendent of Police Navneet Bhasin informed PTI over cellphone.

A sub-divisional Justice of the Peace, sub-divisional officer of police, regional transport officer and different specialists will probably be members of the committee, he mentioned.

The panel will look at the bus and test its health. It may also checklist methods to convey enhancements on the street the place the bus crashed, the official mentioned. A proper order on the formation of the committee can be out shortly, he added.

Rewa Collector Manoj Pushp mentioned the committee will look at the bus and in addition examine the street situation from completely different angles given some accidents had taken place on it earlier.

The committee would have an professional from the Government Engineering College at Rewa, the official mentioned.

“We want to ensure that such an accident does not reoccur,” he added.

Meanwhile, 32 out of the 40 injured individuals have left for his or her houses since Saturday. One extra injured particular person would depart on Sunday after his household arrives right here, Bhasin mentioned.

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Saturday expressed grief over the lack of lives within the bus accident.

Modi had additionally introduced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the following of kin of every deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured individuals.