Live
- Kotak Mahindra vows fix after RBI action
- Banks failing to tap fintech: Ashneer
- AAP major beneficiary of proceeds of crime, ED tells SC
- India aims for $1-trn goods export by 2030
- Swiggy to raise $1.2 bn via IPO
- Salesforce takes up CSR activity
- Vodafone Idea raises Rs 18K cr
- Mkts rise for fifth day in a row on banking, metal stocks surge
- HC directs MLA disqualification pleas to be sent to Speaker, adjourns hearing to April 29
- Biju Menon set to give a re-entry into Tamil cinema after 14 years
Bhongir: Govt to pay Rs 5 Lakh to labourers run over by RTC bus
MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy having a word with the district officials during the protest at Rayagiri on Monday
- The officials take the decision after dharna by MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on national highway
- Three labourers had died in the accident on Sunday
Bhongir: The district administration has agreed to provide compensation to bereaved family members of RTC bus hit labourers incident that took place in Aler constituency in the district on Sunday. The officials took this step after Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy took up protest along with the dead body and kin of the victims on Hyderabad-Warangal highway on Monday.
He not only helped the bereaved family members personally by providing Rs 1 lakh to each victim family and provided justice to them from the government and in getting compensation from the garden contractor.
Responding to MP Komatireddy 's dhrana, Additional Collector Srinivas Reddy, RDO Bhupal Reddy rushed to the dharna spot and interacted with MP. The duo officials announced Rs 5 lakh from government side to every bereaved family who lost their loved ones in the accident caused by the RTC bus and assured compensation payment within three days, at the same time, the garden contractor, who engaged the labourer for gardening works on the mean of the road announced to provide Rs 2.5 lakh to each bereaved family at the earliest. Traffic was stalled for 5 kms on Hyderabad- Warangal highway due to MP Komatireddy's protest.
Meanwhile, Congress ZPTC from Aler, former MLA K Nagesh along with BJP district president Shyam Sunder conducted dharna at the same venue before MP Komatireddy's protest.
