Vijayawada: City bus catches fire

Vijayawada: Early on Thursday, a City Bus of Vijayawada caught fire at Lenin centre in the city. The driver who realised the actuality alerted the passengers at once and asked them to get down thereby averting the major loss of lives. The fire rescue team who rushed the spot immediately have put out the fire after a great struggle. Nevertheless, what went wrong and how the bus caught fire is yet to be known. More details are awaited.

Nowadays, mishaps have been on a rise. Let it be a mishap on the road or fire or otherwise, the main reason turns to be the reckless attitude of the people. There is a need to exact the situation so as to prevent the accidents. Surely, if timely preventive measures would have been adopted, most of the accidents could have been avoided. The people need to be educated. Better and wide publicity through the mass media channels may be opted for the same. Entertainment-Education concepts are most befitting in this case and will surely prove effective.