TIRUPATI: Minutes after the gory road mishap which claimed 8 lives and left 45 injured took place on the Bhakrapet ghat road near Tirupati, it was the red sanders anti smuggling task force personnel who were undertaking combing operations inside the Seshachalam forests nearby, who were the first to reach the accident spot for the rescue of the survivors.
Being a blind region where connectivity and communication has always been a challenge, the task force personnel communicated to the Tirupati urban police about the gravity of the situation and passed on regular information in the initial hours.
