AMRAVATI: At least nine people were killed after a bus overturned on the ghat road between Chinturu and Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) district on Friday, said ASR District Collector Dinesh Kumar.

According to the District Collector, several passengers were injured in the accident and were immediately transferred to Bhadrachalam Hospital for treatment. The cause of the accident and the identities of the victims are being determined.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the bus accident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the next of kin of each deceased, and Rs 50,000 to the injured.

In a post on X, PMO wrote, “Pained by the loss of lives due to a bus m

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