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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Dasoju Sravan on Saturday criticised the state government over its alleged negligence following the recent bus accident involving a Kaveri Travels vehicle in Kurnool.
Speaking to ANI, the BRS MLC called the incident in which 19 people, including two minors, were killed, the "callousness of the ruling government". He said, " This incident once again amplifies the callousness of the ruling government. This particular Kaveri Travels, or so I guess, that particular bus I think has got about 25 chalan spending and several violations in terms of Compliances and so on are not fulfilled." He questioned the government's approach toward private travel operators, alleging a nexus between them and the authorities. Sravan said, "Why is this government behaving so callously? Why is there a laxity towards these private travel operators? It is because there is a dubious, shady understanding between the governments and these private travel agencies. So we demand that a thorough inquiry has to be constituted on this entire incident." The BRS MLC, stating that most of the victims were from middle- or lower-middle-class backgrounds, demanded fair compensation. "All those people who travel in these buses are either middle class, lower middle class, or poor people. The discrimination is so explicit that, if you remember the recent Air India accident, each victim was announced to be given compensation directly by Tata Sons. Each victim was already given an advance as per the news," the BRS MLC said. He added, "But whereas in this particular case, because they were travelling by bus, not even a single rupee has been sanctioned by the government, and there is no pressure on the Kaveri Travels to compensate all these victims. Therefore, we demand on behalf of the victims and on behalf of civil society that all the victims have to be paid appropriate compensation, not less than a crore rupee." (ANI)
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