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One year after Palem Tragedy
One year after Palem Tragedy, It is exactly one year when a major tragedy was witnessed in Kothakota mandal in Mahabubnagar district.
Victims’ kin yet to get ex-gratia
Hyderabad: It is exactly one year when a major tragedy was witnessed in Kothakota mandal in Mahabubnagar district. Forty-five passengers of a Volvo bus were burnt alive at Palem village, while on its way from Bengaluru to Hyderabad.
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Though the then government promised to help the victims’ kin, so far justice has not been done to them. Compensation has become complicated with the State’s bifurcation. Neither the Telangana nor the AP government has taken any step to help. Only the kin of 35 families received Rs 1 lakh as compensation. Even the insurance firms are dodging them. Vittal, father of Vedapati, who was working for a private bank in Bengaluru, said his son was supposed to celebrate Diwali with the family. “I want justice at any cost. The drivers should be hanged.” Shiva Kiran, son of Amarnath of Nizamabad, boarded the bus to visit his new-born baby, but destiny had something else for him. His parents are still waiting for government relief. “The Congress government gave Rs 1 lakh as ex-gratia which my daughter-in-law took. Now I am 64. With no money and home, I am just helpless,” he lamented. Sudhakar, convener, JAC of Palem Bus Fire Accident Victims, said “the fight for justice will go on till the government does justice.”
He recalled former CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s assurance of ex-gratia and jobs to one family member each. None had been convicted so far, he rued.
