Two accidents in quick succession involving buses belonging to the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) fleet on November 6 call attention to the maladies that have been obstructing the smooth functioning of the public sector giant.
Ahead of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on the third Sunday of November, the accidents are a sort of reminder for the APSRTC for any possible correction.
It was a bad Monday morning for the three victims — an outsourced employee of the RTC, a woman from Chirala and a toddler, who were crushed under the bus that crashed into platform number 12 at Pandit Nehru Bus Station. Two others were injured in the incident. The same night, another State-owned bus from Hindupur depot rammed into a few vehicles, killing one person on the spot and critically injuring two others, near the Collector’s office in Anantapur.
