At least 20 persons were killed and several others injured on Monday after a truck carrying gravel collided with a Road Transport Corporation bus at Mirjaguda village near Chevella in Telangana’s Rangareddy district, The Hindu reported.

Chevella Assistant Commissioner of Police B Kishan said the bus had started from Tandur and was headed to Chevella with around 40 passengers on board, The Times of India reported.

Dr Rajendra Prasad, Superintendent of the Chevella Community Health Centre (CHC), told The Hindu that 20 persons have died in this accident.

Rajendranagar Deputy Commissioner of Police Yogesh Goutam said that the truck was in the right lane when it collided with the bus.

He added that the authorities were trying to ascertain whether the collision occurred while the truck driver was attempting to overtake or driving in the wrong direction.

“The accident occurred on the Bijapur Highway,” The Times of India quoted Goutam as saying. “We are removing the bodies from the bus and shifting them to hospitals. Traffic has been diverted on both sides.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PM National Relief Fund each for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy visited the accident site and directed the Road Transport Corporation managing director, the transport commissioner and the director general of fire services to oversee relief measures at the spot, The Chief Minister’s Official said in a social media post.

“He directed the chief secretary and [director general of police] to make arrangements to immediately transport the injured to Hyderabad and provide them with better medical treatment,” it added. “The chief minister instructed officials to make special arrangements in Gandhi and Osmania Hospitals to provide emergency medical services to those injured in the accident.”

A control room has been set up at the state secretariat, the Chief Minister’s Office added.

15 killed in another bus accident in Rajasthan

At least 15 persons were killed and two others injured when a mini bus collided with a parked truck in Rajasthan’s Phalodi district on Sunday evening, The Indian Express reported.

The accident occurred around 6.30 pm in the Matoda area on the Bharat Mala Highway, when the mini bus was returning from the Kolayat Temple in Bikaner.

“Fifteen passengers died, while two others sustained serious injuries,” Jodhpur Police Commissioner Om Prakash told PTI. “The injured were first taken to a hospital in Osian for primary treatment and later referred to Jodhpur.”

Eyewitnesses told The Indian Express that the truck was parked in front of an eatery and the mini bus was attempting to overtake another vehicle when it collided with the trailer.

The Prime Minister’s Office announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured in the Rajasthan accident.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said district officials had been directed to ensure proper treatment for the injured.

On October 14, at least 26 persons were killed and several injured after an air-conditioned sleeper bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur in Rajasthan caught fire near Thaiyat village due to a short circuit.

On October 28, two persons died and ten others were injured after a bus carrying them came into contact with a high-tension power line in Manoharpur, which is about 50 km north of the Jaipur district headquarters, The Indian Express reported.

In Andhra Pradesh, at least 20 persons were killed after a bus caught fire following a collision in Kurnool district on October 24.

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