The bus accident in Telangana’s Jogulamba Gadwal district has yet again raised questions about the safety of the private bus operations in the country. This comes in the backdrop of Telangana being among the top 10 States to report serious fatalities on national highways in 2022 (4.9%), as per the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. A total of 5,268 road accidents involving buses were reported in 2022, which is a 40.9% increase from 3,738 in 2021 and this led to 1,798 deaths, a 28.7% increase as compared to 1,397 in 2021. As many as 4,004 buses were involved in accidents this year, the report further revealed.
